ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — This is what it sounds like when bats die.
It was inevitable at some point in a six-month season the Yankees’ bats would go limp. What wasn’t expected was that happening against the Rays.
Yet for the second straight game, in which the Rays used a parade of relievers instead of opening the game with a traditional starting pitcher, the Yankees’ offense was non-existent and was the major culprit in a 4-0 loss Saturday witnessed by 29,831 at Tropicana Field.