The New York Yankees got a tough win over the Tampa Bay Rays yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Yankees victorious 4 to 2. It was a huge win that rooters with cheap Yankee tickets online aren’t likely to forget.
Yankees pitcher Jonathan Albaladejo (4.85 ERA) got the win, while Lance Cormier (3.33 ERA) took the loss for the Rays. Joba Chamberlain went 3 innings for the Yankees, allowed 3 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with one walk and 3 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Yankees was Alfredo Aceves (3.72), and Brian Bruney (4.18). The Rays’s starter Jeff Niemann went 7 innings, allowed 8 hits, no home runs and one earned run with one walk and 8 strikeouts. Brian Shouse (5.09), Grant Balfour (4.90), and Randy Choate (3.81) also pitched for the Rays. With the win, Albaladejo’s record goes to 5-1, while Cormier drops to 2-3. Phil Coke earned the save for the Yankees, bringing his saves up to 2.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Yankees put up 10 hits and committed no errors. Derek Jeter led the Yankees in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Hideki Matsui’s 2 hits, and Alex Rodriguez with 2. Mark Teixeira had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. The Rays didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Rays mustered 2 runs, 3 hits and 2 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Field Culbreth, Tim Welke, Jim Wolf and Gary Cederstrom. There were 45,848 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.
The win puts the Yankees at a record of 91-50, still leading their division, while the loss brings the Rays to 72-68, (18.5 games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Yankees are the Baltimore Orioles (56-83) at the Yankees’s New Yankee Stadium. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Baltimore Orioles tickets because that game should be a good one. The Rays will next take on the Boston Red Sox (81-58) at Fenway Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Boston Red Sox tickets today and and see the game in person.