NEW YORK – Clint Frazier was in the batter’s box when some Yankees fans couldn’t take it anymore. They threw half a dozen balls on the field and forced the game to stop for 2 minutes and 15 seconds in the seventh half.
Manager Aaron Boone also exploded in a rare meeting with his players after the match.
New York is bad, and the rays have taken over.
Brandon Lowe hit a two-run double in the first half, Nick Nelson, and Tampa Bay defeated the Yankees 8-2 on Friday night.
“We know adversity can come to us at some point in the season. Now it’s knocking on our door and we have to respond,” Boone said.
Rays, reigning champions of the Eastern Division of the American League, continued their dominance over the Yankees.
Tampa Bay came to New York after suffering eight losses in 11 games and not leading in 25 innings. But the young and athletic Rays took an 8-0 lead in the seventh inning and defeated the lifeless Yankees for the 16th time in 21 games.
This series includes last year’s divisional series.
New York fell to 5-8 and faces pitching, kicking and fielding issues. He walked seven times in Tampa, had only three hits, hit 14 times and made three errors that led to three dirty runs.
Then came the rain of balls thrown by some of the 10,202 spectators annoyed on a windy night.
And Frazier said the manager raised his voice when he met with them.
“He’s so calm that when he talks to us, like he did, everyone should listen, because he’s not the type of person who usually gets so upset,” he said. “So, I think your ears are ringing a little when someone who is so calm tells you everything they expect from you that you don’t. He was obviously very upset and with good reason.
Michael Wacha (1-1) improved his ERA from 7.00 to 4.20, allowing a shot in six innings without a score, with nine shots and a walk.
Nelson (0-2) lost.
For the Rays, Cubans Randy Arozarena 4-1 with a marked run and an RBI, Yandy Díaz 5-2. Dominicans Manuel Margot 4-1 with a score, Willy Adames 5-1 with a score.
For the Yankees, Venezuelans Gleyber Torres 3-1 with a marked run, Rougned Odor 2-0. Colombian Gio Urshela 3-1. Dominican Gary Sánchez 3-0.