Ian Kennedy was chipped away at all game, and eventually gave up 5 earned runs, in 5 innings of work, on 5 hits. He gave up two home runs; a solo shot in the 1st inning to Iwamura, and a 2-run home run to Riggans in the 4th inning. He spent most of the game getting out of trouble, and staying behind in the count on most batters. Not a very good outing today from the kid.
The offense was silent throughout the first 6 innings being held to only 3 hits, and no runs, earned or otherwise, by Kazmir of the Rays. It wasn’t until the bullpen was brought in, in the 7th inning that helped the Yankees come back with two runs, but it was still not enough. The Rays win this one, and win 3 out of the 4 games in this series.
The Yankees just could not get anything going in this one, especially early on, while the Rays kept added to their lead what seemed to be every inning. But the Yankees record falls to 2 games under .500 at 20-22.
