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The Yankees’ ongoing beef with the Rays did not retire with CC Sabathia’s final walk from a big league mound.
With tempers hot about a handful of high and tight pitches on Saturday, prompting the ejections of manager Aaron Boone and hitting coach Marcus Thames, the Bombers’ bats cooled in a 5-3 loss to the Rays in the nightcap of a seven-inning doubleheader at Tropicana Field.
“It was more just about the history,” Aaron Judge said, nodding to a tense September 2018 contest between the clubs.