Thanks for winning a game, guys. Now all you need is to go 2-2 for the rest of the season, and you’ll have 90 wins. What an achievement.
If you like first inning action, then boy did I have the game for you. The massive bulk of the scoring in this game occurred within the first 30 minutes, and then things settled down to become a veritable battle of the bullpens. At least, until the very end of the game. Imagine an hourglass turned out its side: this game’s scoring looked just like that.
Neil Walker, the free agent signing that got away, made the Rays pay in the first with a big ol’ honkin’ home run to put the Yankees up 3-0 early.