ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Rich Hill looked solid in six innings, Austin Meadows led a hitting festival against Corey Kluber and the New York bullpen, and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Yankees 10-5 on Friday-evening. streak.
Hill (1-0) gave up four runs and the same number of hits – all with two outs in the third inning – before eliminating his last 10 opponents.
The 41-year-old lefthander, who has played for 10 different teams in 17 seasons, struckout seven and walked away.
Tampa Bay scored five early games off Kluber (0-1), who made his second start for the Yankees. Meadows had three of the Rays’ 13 hits.
Five Tampa Bay players had at least two hits.
Aaron Hicks and DJ LeMahieu homered for the Yankees, who have lost nine of 11 regular season games to reigning American League champion Rays.
In accordance with social distance rules, 9,021 spectators gathered at Tropicana Field, where no more audiences have been allowed since October 8, 2019, when the fourth game of the division series was played against the Houston Astros.
For the Yankees, Venezuelan Gleyber Torres is 4-1. Dominican Gary Sánchez 3-1.
For the Rays, Cubans were Randy Arozarena 5-1 with a run scored and an RBI, Yandy Díaz 3-2 with a run scored and an RBI. Willy Adames 4-2 with one run scored and two RBI’s.