Tampa Bay Rays beat New York Yankees 5-1 – MLB News
Tampa Bay Rays secured a comfortable win against the New York Yankees 5-1 at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, Florida on Monday, April 22 in the opening game of their three match series of the 2013 Major League Baseball regular season.
It will not be wrong to say that the Rays dominated their opponents in almost all aspects of the game. Rays’ pitching rotation in particular played a key role in deciding the outcome of the contest. Starting pitcher Matt Moore showed the stuff he is capable
of. The right hander used his fastballs and sliders extremely effectively to create all sorts of problems for the Yankees’ batting lineup. Striking out nine batters, he did not allow New York to settle down.
"I think a lot of it is just each night I'm out there I've got run support," Moore said. "So, it makes it that much easier to pitch."
"The thing that I saw tonight was that he has built off of the first three," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said of Moore. "The first couple starts, he got through some moments, was not really sharp. But today he was sharp. Tonight was the first night I thought
he put everything together since the beginning of the season. Matt was really the story tonight."
Overall, Moore allowed just two hits and one run in eight outstanding innings to lay the foundations of an impressive Rays’ victory. Relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth also played his part as he pitched the scoreless ninth to help the Rays hold on to their four
run lead.
For the Yankees, starting pitcher CC Sabathia had a forgettable time on the mound as he allowed seven hits and five runs in seven innings to take his second loss of the season. It will be fair to say that the left hander was outpitched By Moore in a low
scoring contest.
Ryan Roberts smacked a solo home run to left in the first inning to put Rays on the board. Sean Rodriguez and Yunel Escobar also made useful contributions to help the Rays post a respectable total on the board.
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