Will Warren Terrible but New York Yankees Beat Tampa Bay Rays 6-3
Will Warren was terrible against the Rays. Despite that, the Yankees won the game 6-3. Warren forced the Yankees to get 22 outs from their bullpen, which was not ideal. Young pitchers are few and far between for the Yankees, and they need Warren to pitch better than this.
Warren must continue to emerge because the Yankees are missing the best pitcher on the planet Gerrit Cole. However, that does not seem to be the case. He should be careful, or he will get sent to the minors. Is it strange to you that the Yankees are on the road at their Spring Training facility?
Lineups: Yankees Win Game 1 in Tampa
The Rays had Kameron Misner batting first and playing center field. Chris Morel pinch-hit for him in the sixth inning. He came to play left field in the seventh inning. Brandon Lowe played second base and batted second. Yandy DÃaz batted third and was the designated hitter. Jonathan Aranda was the first base and batted fourth. Junior Caminero was the was the third baseman and batted fifth. Richie Palacios was the left fielder and batted sixth. He moved to right field in the seventh inning.
Jake Mangum was the right fielder and batted seventh. He moved to center field in the seventh inning. Ben Rortvedt was the catcher and batted eighth. Danny Janson pinch-hit for him in the fifth inning. Rortvedt is a former Yankee. Jansen stayed in at catcher. Taylor Walls was the shortstop and batted ninth.
For the Yankees, Paul Goldschmidt led off and was the first baseman. Ben Rice was the designated hitter batting second. Aaron Judge batted third and was the right fielder. Cody Bellinger was the center fielder and batted fourth. He moved to left field in the eighth inning.Â
Anthony Volpe batted fifth and played shortstop. Jazz Chisholm Jr. batted sixth and was the second baseman. Oswald Peraza replaced him him the sixth inning after Chisholm Jr. was ejected from the game. JC Escarra was the catcher, batting seventh. Jasson Dominguez batted eighth and was the left fielder. Trent Grisham replaced him in the eighth inning and played center field. Oswaldo Cabrera was the third baseman and batted ninth.Â
Scoring Summary: Will Warren Fails to Earn Second Career Victory
Judge got his 27th RBI of the young season, driving in Goldschmidt in the top of the first. The Yankees took a 1-0 lead. In the second inning, Tampa tied the game 1-1 on a sacrifice fly by Walls. That scored Palacios. In the third inning, Caminero hit a two-run home run, giving the Rays a 3-1 lead. That was the 42nd home run of the year hit at Steinbrenner Field, tying Yankee Stadium for the most in the major leagues.
In the fifth inning, Cabrera hit a solo home run, cutting the lead to 3-2. Also in the 5th inning, the Yankees tied the score at 3, when Bellinger grounded into a force out scoring Judge. The Yankees scored another run on a fielder’s choice in the sixth inning. This one Dominguez ground into, scoring Chisholm Jr. The Yankees took a 4-3 lead. Then Rice hit a two-run single scoring Dominguez and Cabrera.
Game Notes
The game was at George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees. The Rays’ home stadium, Tropicana Field, was destroyed by Hurricane Milton. In this game, Warren, the Yankee starting pitcher, failed to second career victory.
The weather was nice in Tampa. It was 84 degrees Fahrenheit and clear. Judge has a .409 batting average and a 1.322 OPS. He is off to a fantastic start. He leads baseball in both categories. The Yankees lead the American League in runs scored, and the Rays had given up the most runs. After all, the Rays play in a minor league stadium. The capacity at George M. Steinbrenner Field is 10,046.
This four-game series against the Yankees wraps up a 13-game homestand for the Tampa Rays. This was the fourth game Will Warren has started this season. He failed to get out of the second inning and left with the bases loaded. That was not what the Yankees needed, and they were forced to get 22 outs from the pen.
Rays Manager Kevin Cash is the longest-tenured manager in the major leagues. On this date in 1976, Thurman Munson was named the captain of the Yankees. He was the first captain for the Yankees since Lou Gehrig.
Conclusion
This was the Yankees’ fifth win in a row, which is important in the American League East. This was an interdivision game to boot. It was also important for the Yankees to overcome the poor start by Warren, though it is worrying that the Yankees had to get so many outs from the bullpen.
