New York Yankees Lose To Miami Marlins 7-6 in a Game Delayed 3 Hours and 35 Minutes By Rain

The Yankees were rolling and should have benefited from having Max Fried starting this game. Fried did give up his first run of the season, but the Yanks immediately gave him a 3-1 lead with a three-run home run. That first-inning home run came against Miami Starting Pitcher Pete Fairbanks.

The game was delayed by 3:35 due to rain. However, they waited to get the game in because this is an interleague game. Additionally, the Yankees are off tomorrow, and the two teams do not have many common off days. With the game originally scheduled for a 1:35 first pitch, they had time to wait. And, wait, they did, until 5:19 PM. As the last game of the series, this game had to get played. Do you think the Major League Baseball rain delay rules are crazy?

Yankees and Marlins Scoring Summary

In the first inning, the Marlins scored the first run. Otto Lopez singled, and Austin Slater scored. It was 1-0, Marlins. In the bottom of that inning, Ben Rice hit a three-run home run for the Yankees. Aaron Judge and Trent Grisham both scored. It was 3-1 Yankees.

In the third inning, the Yankees scored a run to make the score 4-1. With runners on first and second base, Ben Rice should have hit into a double play, but the second baseman threw it away. Judge scored. In the fourth inning, Xavier Edwards doubled, and Connor Norby scored. That run made the score 4-2 Yankees.

In the sixth inning, Heriberto Hernandez reached on an error, and Jakob Marsee scored. That run made the score 4-3. The Marlins scored four runs in the eighth inning. First, Graham Pauley doubled, and Lopez scored, and Marsee scored. Then, Edwards singled, and two runs scored, Griffin Conine and Pauley.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Yankees almost came back. Jazz Chisholm Jr. doubled. Cody Bellinger and Rice scored. That made the score 7-6, the final score of the game.

Player of the Game

The player of the game was Rice. He has been very hot to start the season. He hit the ball hard last year, so he was a candidate to have a strong start. That was his third home run of the season. Rice also walked three times and reached on an error. He scored two runs and drove in three.

Honorable mention goes to Fried. He pitched 6.2 innings, and he threw 103 pitches. That was important on a day when the Yankees did not have access to many of their bullpen arms. He struck out four and walked three. He did not have his best stuff and battled really hard. He gave up five hits.

Turning Point

With the game being close late, the turning point of the game happened late. Fried could not lose; he could only win. Unfortunately for the Yankees, the eighth inning for the Marlins, when they scored four runs, was the turning point of the game.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Marlins beat the Yankees in this game, 7-6. Rice was the player of the game. The turning point of the game was when the Marlins scored four runs. The Yankees almost came back from that, but JC Escarra struck out with two runners on base. The Yankees are off tomorrow. The Marlins play tomorrow at home against the Cincinnati Reds.

Parting Shots

The Yanks lost this game. That, in and of itself, is not a bad thing, but the Yankees need to win all of the starts by Fried. It is a good thing the other teams in the American League East are not doing that well and have suffered significant injuries.