SF. PETERSBURG, Florida – Rich Hill looked solid in six innings, Austin Meadows led a fight festival against Corey Kluber and the New York bullpen, and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Yankees 10-5 on Friday night. streak.
Hill (1-0) allowed four rounds and the same number of shots – all with two outs in the third half – before withdrawing his last 10 opponents.
Southpaw, 41, who played for 10 different teams in 17 seasons, eliminated seven and came out.
Tampa Bay scored five early games against Kluber (0-1), who made the second start for the Yankees. Meadows had three of Rays’ 13 hits.
Five Tampa Bay players had at least two shots.
Aaron Hicks and DJ LeMahieu scored for the Yankees, who lost nine of their 11 regular season games to current American Rays champions.
According to the rules of social distance, 9,021 spectators gathered at Tropicana Field, where no audience was admitted since October 8, 2019, when the fourth game in the divisional series was played against the Houston Astros.
For the Yankees, Venezuelan Gleyber Torres 4-1. Dominican Gary Sánchez 3-1.
For the Rays, the Cubans Randy Arozarena 5-1 with a marked race and an RBI, Yandy Díaz 3-2 with a marked race and an RBI. Willy Adames 4-2 with a marked run and two RBIs.