Rays 3, Yankees 2: Karns does an Archer impression; Cabrera notches his 1,000th hit

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY SportsIt's déjà vu all over again as the Rays struggle early but rally to a close win.

Wait. Pitcher can't find the zone to start the game? The "game over" posts are showing up in the GDT before the first out? I think I've seen this movie before.

Roll Call

A Rocky Start

Clearly things did not start out the way Nathan Karns intended: eight straight balls to put Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner aboard for Alex Rodriguez, then another ball to start A-Rod's at-bat before finally throwing the games first strike. And though he did manage to get Rodriguez to pop out to shallow center after a seven pitch at-bat, things didn't get markedly thanks to some sloppy fielding behind…