As New York, Tampa Bay Are Playing Finale Of Three Game Series Sunday In St. Petersburg Florida Luis Gil, Tyler Alexander Are Starting On Mound As New York, Tampa Bay Are Looking To Win Series
As New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Tampa Bay are playing finale of three game series Sunday in St. Petersburg Florida Luis Gil, Tyler Alexander are starting on mound as New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Tampa Bay are looking to win series.
Luis Gil, Tyler Alexander are different because Luis Gil is a right handed starting pitcher while Tyler Alexander is a left handed starting pitcher!
Luis Gil comes into the finale of three game series with record of 3-1 with an earn run average of 2.92 because on Tuesday May 7, 2024 Luis Gil pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 1 earned run , 4 walks while striking out 5 Houston batters.
Tyler Alexander comes into the finale of three game series with record of 1-1 with an earn run average of 4.96 because on Monday May 6, 2024 at Chicago (White Sox) Tyler Alexander pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 4 hits, 2 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 7 Chicago (White Sox) batters.
According to https://www.mlb.com/player/luis-gil-661563
New York the team that wears the pinstripes comes into the game with record of 26-15 is 1.5 games back of Baltimore who is leading the American League East is going to be looking to win the series because they won the opening game of three game series Friday 2-0 because they won the first game of three game series Friday in St. Petersbug Florida because Clarke Schmidt was outstanding pitching 6.2 innings surrendering 5 hits, 0 earned runs while striking out 6 Tampa Bay batters where he was offensively supported by Anthony Rizzo single, Anthony Rizzo home run.
As Clarke Schmidt shutout Tampa Bay offensively as Yandy Diaz was 2-3 though contributed offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Randy Arozarena was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs , 0 runs batted in. Josh Lowe was 1-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in Issac Paredes was 0-3 contributing 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Harold Ramirez was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Jonny Deluca was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Richie Palacios was 1-3 though he contributed offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Jose Caballero was 1-2 though contributed offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Alex Jackson was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in.
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Following Clarke Schmidt outstanding start opposing Tampa Bay where he shutout Tampa offensively was supported offensively in start in New York’s 2-0 win by Anthony Rizzo single, home run New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Clarke Schmidt shutting out Tampa Bay offensively!
“Slider, sweeper, whatever was really good. The cutter, he had a little bit of everything going tonight,”
It was a really, really sharp performance with a couple big pitches when he really needed to in a 1-0 game.”
Though, New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone wasn’t the only manager to share his thoughts about Clarke Schmidt shutting out Tampa Bay offensively as Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash did as well by saying Clarke Schmidt was really, really good -- cutting it, sweeping it, just working balls away from righties and in to lefties,”“He’s gotten away from his fastball for good reason, because those other two pitches are really good. He just kind of plays keepaway with the fastball. But the cutter and sweeper, he attacks with, and he can pitch right off that.”
Following Clarke Schmidt outstanding start opposing Tampa Bay where he shutout Tampa offensively was supported offensively in start in New York’s 2-0 win by Anthony Rizzo single, home run New York the team that wears the pinstripes first baseman Anthony Rizzo who offensively supported Clarke Schmidt had this to say about producing home run in top of 9th inning!
It felt good, especially to get us another run there,”
“Anytime you can add late on the opposing team, it kind of deflates them a little bit.
Following Clarke Schmidt outstanding start opposing Tampa Bay where he shutout Tampa offensively was supported offensively in start in New York’s 2-0 win by Anthony Rizzo single, home run New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt who pitched 6.2 innings surrendering 5 hits, 0 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 6 Tampa Bay batters had this to say!
“I know I am capable of controlling my pitch count and [going] deeper into games, so this was a big step in the right direction,”
“I feel that is the next puzzle piece in continuing to get better.”
According to Scott Butherus article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/clarke-schmidt-yankees-shut-out-rays-in-series-opener
Then lost the second game of the series 7-2 Saturday in St. Petersburg Florida Though, Anthony Volpe singled to left scoring Anthony Rizzo , Austin Wells Saturday New York the team that wears the pinstripes lost 7-2 to Tampa Bay as Nestor Cortes surrendered home runs to Randy Arozarena, Yandy Diaz.
Nestor Cortes surrendered home run to Randy Arozarena to right center 365 feet in bottom of 3rd inning
Scoring who? Jose Siri, Yandy Diaz!
Nestor Cortes surrendered home run to Yandy Diaz in bottom of 1st inning to left center giving Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead. Nestor Cortes surrendered home run to Randy Arozarena right center scoring Jose Siri, Yandy Diaz in bottom of 3rd inning. From there Tampa Bay tacked on runs in bottom of 7th inning as Yandy Diaz doubled to center scoring former New York the team that wears the pinstripes catcher Ben Rortvedt extending Tampa Bay ‘s lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 5-2 before Tampa Bay extended their lead to 6-2 7-2 as Randy Arozarena doubled to left scoring Yandy Diaz before tacking on a final run as Issac Paredes hit sacrifice fly to right scoring Randy Arozarena.
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New York offensively couldn’t produce enough run support to offensively support Nestor Cortes who pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 5 hits, 4 earned runs , 3 hits while striking out 5 Tampa Bay batters . Dennis Santana who relieved Nestor Cortes who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 3 earned runs, 1 walk while striking out 1 Tampa Bay batter. Ian Hamilton who relieved Dennis Santana who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 1 hit , 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Tampa Bay batters. Michael Tompkin who relieved Ian Hamilton who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 2 Tampa Bay batters.
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Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 7-2 loss to Tampa Bay New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Nestor Cortes struggling on mound Saturday in St. Petersburg Florida!
Early on, it just seemed like he had a hard time getting that fastball at the top rail [of the strike zone] like he normally does so well,”
There were a lot of pitches that he shot up there that were getting away from him.”
Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 7-2 loss to Tampa Bay New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting pitcher Nestor Cortes who surrendered home runs to Randy Arozarena, Yandy Diaz in St. Petersbug Florida had this to say!
I felt like I was missing up and away a lot,”“I think it’s a little bit with my mechanics, with my delivery. I was able to fix that after the third inning. I was able to dial in more, and I felt like I had more on my fastball.”
Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 7-2 loss to Tampa Bay New York the team that wears the pinstripes shortstop Anthony Volpe who singled to left scoring Anthony Rizzo, Austin Wells in top of 2nd inning had this to say!
I feel good,”“I’m just trying to stick to my plan, stick to my approach and keep putting myself in positions to barrel up the ball. … When I’m doing what I’ve got to do and I’m covering the pitches I feel like I need to cover, then everything takes care of itself.”
According to Bryan Hoch article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/nestor-cortes-struggles-in-yankees-loss-to-rays
Like New York the team that wears the pinstripes Tampa Bay is also looking to win series because they lost the first game of the series 2-0 Friday because they were shutout offensively by New York the team that wears the pinstripes pitching that included starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt who who pitched 6.2 innings surrendering 5 hits, 0 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 6 Tampa Bay batters. Nick Burdi who relieved Clarke Schmidt who pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters . Luke Weaver who relieved Nick Burdi who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 2 Tampa Bay batters . Clay Holmes who relieved Luke Weaver who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 3 Tampa Bay batters.
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Offensively Tampa Bay couldn’t produce runs offensively to support Taj Bradley who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 4 hits, 1 earned run , 2 walks while striking out 7 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters. Kevin Kelly who relieved Taj Bradley who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters Garrett Clevinger who relieved Kevin Kelly who pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters. Jason Adam who relieved Garrett Clevinger who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters . Sean Armstrong who relieved Jason Adam who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 1 earned run , 0 walks while striking out 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters.
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Following Tampa Bay being shutout offensively by Clarke Schmidt, Nick Burdi, Luke Weaver, Clay Holmes Tampa Bay starting pitcher Taj Bradley who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 4 hits , 1 earned run , 2 walks while striking out 7 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters had this to say about his start!
That’s just normal. I don’t know,”
“I kind of learned to keep everything even-keeled, not get too excited, not get too lax or anything like that.”
Following Tampa Bay being shutout offensively by Clarke Schmidt, Nick Burdi, Luke Weaver, Clay Holmes New York the team that wears the pinstripes New York the team that wears the pinstripes Friday in St. Petersburg Florida New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Taj Bradley who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 4 hits, 1 earned run , 2 walks while striking out 7 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters!
He’s impressive. He’s got a great arm,”
Following Tampa Bay being shutout offensively by Clarke Schmidt, Nick Burdi, Luke Weaver, Clay Holmes Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash had this to say about Taj Bradley who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 4 hits, 1 earned run , 2 walks while striking out 7 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters!
“I could not be more impressed with the way Taj threw the ball,”
I could not be more impressed with the way Taj threw the ball,”When you look at his ramp-up and those two outings in the Minor Leagues for his rehab, he was dominant.”
According to Adam Berry article https://www.mlb.com/rays/news/taj-bradley-strikes-out-7-in-season-debut-vs-yankees
Then Tampa Bay evened up the series at one game a piece with 7-2 win Saturday in St. Petersburg Florida as Yandy Diaz hit home run in bottom of 1st inning off 401 feet New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting pitcher Nestor Cortes giving Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead. Before Randy Arozarena hit home run to right center 385 feet Randy Arozarena right center scoring Jose Siri, Yandy Diaz in bottom of 3rd inning. From there Tampa Bay tacked on runs in bottom of 7th inning as Yandy Diaz doubled to center scoring former New York the team that wears the pinstripes catcher Ben Rortvedt extending Tampa Bay ‘s lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 5-2 before Tampa Bay extended their lead to 6-2 7-2 as Randy Arozarena doubled to left scoring Yandy Diaz before tacking on a final run as Issac Paredes hit sacrifice fly to right scoring Randy Arozarena.
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Offensively in the 7-2 win Tampa Bay supported Zack Littell who started who pitched 5.2 innings surrendering 4 hits, 2 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 3 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters. Garrett Clevinger who relieved Zack Littell who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks while striking out 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters. Jason Adam who relieved Garrett Clevinger who pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 1 hit , 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters. Phil Maton who relieved Jason Adam who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters.
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Following Tampa Bay evening up the series with 7-2 win Saturday Tampa Bay left fielder Randy Arozarena who hit home run to right center 385 feet scoring Jose Siri, Yandy Diaz in bottom of 3rd inning had this to say!
I was just trying to hit a home run. I wasn’t looking for a specific pitch. I was just trying to hit it out,”
Thank God I was able to hit it out, and we were able to get the lead.”
Following Tampa Bay evening up the series with 7-2 win Saturday New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Tampa Bay offensively!!
“You know what they're capable of,”
Following Tampa Bay evening up the series with 7-2 win Saturday Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash had this to say about Randy Arozarena, Yandy contributing offensively!
It’s a different offense, obviously, as we can see, when those two guys are contributing at the level they’re capable of,”
They're really good hitters, and obviously they made a big difference in them winning the game.”
Hitting’s hard, and he’s kind of worn it here over that first month, but he seems to be coming out of it,”
“You start seeing Yandy hitting line drives all over the ballpark -- home runs, double down the line, double in the gap -- that’s a good thing for us.”
Following Tampa Bay evening up the series with 7-2 win Saturday Tampa Bay first baseman Yandy Diaz who hit home run to left center 401 feet off New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting Nestor Cortes had this to say!
I was just trying to take advantage of the first pitch, and thank God I was able to take advantage of it,”I feel good. It looks like I’m becoming the hitter from the past, and hopefully I can continue that way.”
According to Adam Berry article https://www.mlb.com/rays/news/yandy-diaz-randy-arozarena-homer-as-rays-beat-yankees
First pitch is set for 1:40pm Eastern Standard Time from Tropicana Field!
The game is going to be televised on Yes, Bally Sports Sun, Major League Baseball Network!