A quiet pitchers’ duel gave way to a late Tampa Bay rally, as the Rays defeated the New York Yankees behind Drew Rasmussen’s strong start and timely offense.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rasmussen anchored Tampa Bay with a scoreless effort through the middle innings and kept New York’s offense under control. Cam Booser and Kevin Kelly helped preserve the advantage after his departure.
Ryan Vilade’s groundout brought Taylor Walls home in the third, giving Tampa Bay the lead identified as the game’s decisive scoring play. Walls later scored Chandler Simpson on a bunt ground ball in the seventh, before Yandy Díaz’s sharp single brought home Ben Williamson and Walls. Díaz added insurance in the ninth by singling home Walls and Cedric Mullins.
Max Fried kept the Yankees within reach for much of the night, but Tampa Bay’s late surge created separation. George Lombard Jr. brought Heliot Ramos home in the seventh, yet New York could not sustain the response.
The Rays extended their winning streak and maintained their position atop the division, while the Yankees absorbed another loss. The game’s late rally belonged entirely to Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay Rays defeated New York Yankees, 6-1.
- Yandy Diaz went 2-for-5 with 4 RBIs (batting .291 on the season).
- Taylor Walls went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI and 3 runs scored (batting .222 on the season).
- Cody Bellinger went 0-for-3 (batting .268 on the season).
- Max Fried allowed 4 runs on 6 hits over 6.2 innings, striking out 4, and took the loss (5-5) (2.80 ERA).
- Drew Rasmussen allowed 1 run on 1 hit over 6.2 innings, striking out 11, to earn the win (16-5) (2.67 ERA).
- Cam Booser allowed 0 runs on 0 hits over 1.0 inning, striking out 1 (2.06 ERA).
New York Yankees fell to 90-67; Tampa Bay Rays improved to 96-61.