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05/23 01:10 CDT Cole throws 6 scoreless innings in return, Rays rally past
Yankees 4-2 for 16th win in 19 games
Cole throws 6 scoreless innings in return, Rays rally past Yankees 4-2 for 16th
win in 19 games
NEW YORK (AP) --- Gerrit Cole pitched six scoreless innings in his return from
elbow ligament replacement surgery but shortstop Jos Caballero's error led to
a four-run eighth inning that boosted the Tampa Bay Rays over the New York
Yankees 4-2 on Friday night for their 16th win in 19 games.
Austin Wells homered for the first time since April 28, a fifth-inning drive
off Nick Martinez, before Tampa Bay rallied to deal the Yankees their third
straight loss and 10th in 14 games. The Rays, a big league-best 34-15, are 4-0
against the Yankees and opened a 5 1/2-game AL East lead over New York
Yankees star Aaron Judge went 0 for 4 with a game-ending flyout to the
center-field warning track with a man on and is in 1-for-24 slide that dropped
his average to .245. Judge has gone a career-high 11 games without any RBIs.
A 35-year-old right-hander who had surgery in March 2025, Cole allowed two hits
and three walks while striking out two. The six-time All-Star and the 2023 AL
Cy Young Award averaged 96.1 mph with his four-seam fastball.
Caballero, back at shortstop after missing 10 days with a broken finger,
allowed Chandler Simpson's one-hopper to bounce off his glove leading of the
eighth.
Junior Caminero singled off Tim Hill (0-2), Jonathan Aranda followed with an
RBI double and Yandy Daz was intentionally walked. Richie Palacios hit a
comebacker that could have been a 1-2-3 double play but the ball bounced off
the glove of a leaping Hill, over Caballero and into center for a two-run
single. Ryan Vilade added a sacrifice fly.
Ian Seymour (3-0) allowed Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s RBI triple in the eighth and
Bryan Baker got three outs for his 14th save in 17 chances.
Tampa Bay's Jonny DeLuca hurt his right hamstring while running to first on a
seventh-inning single, then left after having trouble going from first to third
on Cedric Mullins' double. Rays manager Kevin Cash said DeLuca likely will be
put on the injured list --- the outfielder didn't play for the Rays after Aug.
6 last year because of left hamstring injury.
Trent Grisham, who missed Thursday's game because of a sore knee, had three
hits for the Yankees.
Up next
Yankees RHP Ryan Weathers (2-2, 3.58) and Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen (4-1, 3.19)
were scheduled to start Saturday.
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