ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- After another deflating loss, Brett Gardner knows the math is tough for the New York Yankees to reach the playoff.
"We need to win 11 games," the left fielder said after Thursday night's 2-0 defeat to the Tampa Bay Rays.
When told 10 remained, he responded: "We need to win 11 out of 10."
Blake Snell and the Rays' bullpen combined to strand 11 New York runners, preventing a much-needed three-game sweep by the Yankees.
New York went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position, including 0 for 7 against Snell. The Yankees are three games behind Detroit for the second AL wild-card spot and also trail Baltimore, Houston and Seattle.
Snell (6-8) gave up five hits and three walks. New York had scoring threats in four of five innings against him, leaving the bases loaded in the third when Chase Headley flied out. Headley returned to New York's lineup after missing three games because of back tightness.
"We had a couple innings set up but weren't able to get a hit," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "I felt like we were going to break through if we can keep it close, but tonight we weren't able to."
Chase Whitley, in his third game since returning from Tommy John surgery, allowed two hits in 2 2/3 innings, and Alex Colome finished for his 35th save in 37 chances.
"The feel that he has for his off-speed right now says a lot about him because you just don't see that from guys coming back from an extensive rehab," Rays manager Kevin Cash said of Whitley.
Brad Miller had an RBI single in the first after Logan Forsythe led off with a catchable popup to right field that Aaron Hicks allowed to drop in front of him for a hit. Girardi said Hicks lost sight of the ball off the bat.
Corey Dickerson hit a solo homer in the sixth off Luis Cessa (4-3), who gave two runs and six hits in six innings.
Yankees rookie catcher Gary Sanchez threw out Kevin Kiermaier at second base in the third inning to end the speedster's run of 18 consecutive successful stolen bases attempts. Sanchez picked Curt Casali off second one inning later.
Sanchez went 0 for 2 but walked twice.
"He can help you in so many ways," Girardi said.
ROOKIES' RITUAL
New York rookies, including Sanchez, were given blue Yankees' one-sie pajamas to wear for the flight from Florida to Toronto, where a four-game series with the Blue Jays starts Friday night. Teams through the majors have similar trips in September for rookies.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: RHP Masahiro Tanaka will miss his start Monday at Toronto due to a slight lower right forearm strain. ... 2B Starlin Castro (right hamstring) expects to be back soon
Rays: LHP Xavier Cedeno (neck) won't play again this season.
INSTRUCTION TIME
Yankees 1B Greg Bird (right labrum surgery) remains on target to take batting practice against pitchers at instructional league early next week. . Reggie Jackson and Alex Rodriguez are expected to spent time as instructors with the Yankees' instructional league team.
MOVING DAY
Yankees: Minor league LHP Phil Coke was traded to Pittsburgh for $1.
Rays: INF Juniel Querecuto had his contract selected from Double-A Montgomery and started at third base in his big league debut.
UP NEXT
Yankees: RHP Bryan Mitchell (1-1) will start against LHP Francisco Liriano (1-2) Friday night.
Rays: RHP Chris Archer (8-18) will look to avoid a team-record 19th loss when he pitches against LHP Drew Pomeranz (2-5) and AL East-leading Boston on Friday night.
New York Yankees
"We need to win 11 games," the left fielder said after Thursday night's 2-0 defeat to the Tampa Bay Rays.
When told 10 remained, he responded: "We need to win 11 out of 10."
Blake Snell and the Rays' bullpen combined to strand 11 New York runners, preventing a much-needed three-game sweep by the Yankees.
New York went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position, including 0 for 7 against Snell. The Yankees are three games behind Detroit for the second AL wild-card spot and also trail Baltimore, Houston and Seattle.
Snell (6-8) gave up five hits and three walks. New York had scoring threats in four of five innings against him, leaving the bases loaded in the third when Chase Headley flied out. Headley returned to New York's lineup after missing three games because of back tightness.
"We had a couple innings set up but weren't able to get a hit," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "I felt like we were going to break through if we can keep it close, but tonight we weren't able to."
Chase Whitley, in his third game since returning from Tommy John surgery, allowed two hits in 2 2/3 innings, and Alex Colome finished for his 35th save in 37 chances.
"The feel that he has for his off-speed right now says a lot about him because you just don't see that from guys coming back from an extensive rehab," Rays manager Kevin Cash said of Whitley.
Brad Miller had an RBI single in the first after Logan Forsythe led off with a catchable popup to right field that Aaron Hicks allowed to drop in front of him for a hit. Girardi said Hicks lost sight of the ball off the bat.
Corey Dickerson hit a solo homer in the sixth off Luis Cessa (4-3), who gave two runs and six hits in six innings.
Yankees rookie catcher Gary Sanchez threw out Kevin Kiermaier at second base in the third inning to end the speedster's run of 18 consecutive successful stolen bases attempts. Sanchez picked Curt Casali off second one inning later.
Sanchez went 0 for 2 but walked twice.
"He can help you in so many ways," Girardi said.
ROOKIES' RITUAL
New York rookies, including Sanchez, were given blue Yankees' one-sie pajamas to wear for the flight from Florida to Toronto, where a four-game series with the Blue Jays starts Friday night. Teams through the majors have similar trips in September for rookies.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: RHP Masahiro Tanaka will miss his start Monday at Toronto due to a slight lower right forearm strain. ... 2B Starlin Castro (right hamstring) expects to be back soon
Rays: LHP Xavier Cedeno (neck) won't play again this season.
INSTRUCTION TIME
Yankees 1B Greg Bird (right labrum surgery) remains on target to take batting practice against pitchers at instructional league early next week. . Reggie Jackson and Alex Rodriguez are expected to spent time as instructors with the Yankees' instructional league team.
MOVING DAY
Yankees: Minor league LHP Phil Coke was traded to Pittsburgh for $1.
Rays: INF Juniel Querecuto had his contract selected from Double-A Montgomery and started at third base in his big league debut.
UP NEXT
Yankees: RHP Bryan Mitchell (1-1) will start against LHP Francisco Liriano (1-2) Friday night.
Rays: RHP Chris Archer (8-18) will look to avoid a team-record 19th loss when he pitches against LHP Drew Pomeranz (2-5) and AL East-leading Boston on Friday night.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Gardner singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Ellsbury singled to right, Gardner to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Gardner to third on passed ball by Casali. | 0 | 0 |
| Butler struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Teixeira popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Luis Cessa pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Forsythe singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Kiermaier singled to right, Forsythe to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria lined out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Miller singled to left center, Forsythe scored, Kiermaier to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Casali flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Headley lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Gregorius reached on infield single to second, Gregorius to second on throwing error by second baseman Forsythe. | 0 | 1 |
| Hicks struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Solano flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Luis Cessa pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Querecuto grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Shaffer walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Mahtook flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Forsythe flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Gardner struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Ellsbury struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Sánchez walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Butler singled to right, Sánchez to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Teixeira walked, Butler to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Headley flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Luis Cessa pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Kiermaier singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Kiermaier caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Miller walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Gregorius singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Hicks lined out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Solano flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Gardner grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Luis Cessa pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Casali doubled to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Casali picked off second. | 0 | 1 |
| Querecuto struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Shaffer grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Ellsbury grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Sánchez walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Butler grounded out to second, Sánchez to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Teixeira struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Luis Cessa pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Mahtook fouled out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| Forsythe struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Kiermaier struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chase Whitley pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Whitley relieved Snell. | 0 | 1 |
| Headley struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Gregorius fouled out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Hicks singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| McCann hit for Solano. | 0 | 1 |
| McCann flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Luis Cessa pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Torreyes at second base. | 0 | 1 |
| Longoria grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Miller fouled out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| Dickerson homered to right (393 feet). | 0 | 2 |
| Casali grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chase Whitley pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Gardner grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Ellsbury grounded out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| Sánchez grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Luis Severino pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Severino relieved Cessa. | 0 | 2 |
| Querecuto struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Shaffer flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Mahtook struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chase Whitley pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Butler singled to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Teixeira struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Headley struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Colomé relieved Whitley. | 0 | 2 |
| Gregorius flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Luis Severino pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Forsythe struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Kiermaier singled to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Longoria grounded into double play, third to second to first, Kiermaier out at second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Hicks singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Torreyes flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Gardner grounded out to first, Hicks to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Hicks to third on wild pitch by Colomé. | 0 | 2 |
| Ellsbury lined out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
New York Yankees
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .257 | .347 | .359 |
| Ellsbury CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .262 | .325 | .377 |
| Sánchez C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | .333 | .411 | .738 |
| Butler DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .289 | .340 | .427 |
| Teixeira 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | .197 | .289 | .343 |
| Headley 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .255 | .330 | .391 |
| Gregorius SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .279 | .308 | .449 |
| Hicks RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .217 | .277 | .331 |
| Solano 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .267 | .267 | .533 |
a-McCann PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .241 | .333 | .413 |
Torreyes 2B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .271 | .322 | .391 |
| Totals | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 147 | |||
| a-flied out to left for D Solano in the 6th | ||||||||||
| BATTING Yankees RISP: 0-8 (Headley 0-1, Sánchez 0-1, Butler 0-1, Solano 0-1, Hicks 0-1, Ellsbury 0-1, Teixeira 0-2) Team LOB: 11 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Headley-Torreyes-Teixeira). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 13,355 (43% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:37 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Lance Barrett, First Base - Laz Diaz, Second Base - Bob Davidson, Third Base - Dan Iassogna |
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