The Rays were one of only three games taking place today, and they were wrapping up their series against the Yankees. Having taken only one game of the series so far, the Rays were hoping to come away with a true split of the four-game outing in the Bronx. The Rays turned to Ryan Pepiot as their starter, and the Yankees were counting on Marcus Stroman.
In the top of the first Yandy Diaz got a free bag after being hit by a pitch with two outs. The Rays were out on the next at-bat. In the home half Paul Goldschmidt got a one-out double, then Cody Bellinger singled to score Goldschmidt and put the Yankees on the board first.