NEW YORK -- In the start of a series moved from Florida to Citi Field because of Hurricane Irma, Todd Frazier capitalized on Trevor Plouffe's two-out error with a three-run homer in a five-run fourth inning that led the New York Yankees over the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 on Monday night.
Jacoby Ellsbury broke Pete Rose's major league record by reaching base on catcher's interference for the 30th time, and David Robertson (8-2) pitched a career-high 2 2/3 innings in relief of CC Sabathia, removed with two on and one out in the fifth.
Opening a stretch that has 17 of their final 20 games in New York, the Yankees closed within three games of Boston in the AL East and opened a four-game lead over Minnesota for the top AL wild card. The Rays dropped four games behind the Twins with 17 remaining and have five other teams to overcome.
Major League Baseball moved the series to Queens because of the availability of hotel rooms in New York. The Rays wore home white uniforms, hit last, used the Mets clubhouse and were introduced to their regular walkup music. They hope to return to Tropicana Field for a three-game series against Boston starting Friday.
Only the lower deck was open, ticket prices were capped at $25 and a pro-Yankees crowd of 15,327 booed the Rays when they ran onto the field for the first pitch.
This was just the fifth big league series moved to a neutral site because of weather and the second in less than a month after Houston played Texas at Tampa Bay because of Hurricane Harvey. The Chicago White Sox hosted Montreal and Florida in 2004 because of Hurricane Ivan, the Los Angeles Angels played Cleveland in Milwaukee in 2007 because of snow and the Chicago Cubs met Houston at Milwaukee in 2008 due to Hurricane Ike.
In April 1998, the Yankees beat the Anaheim Angels 6-3 at Shea Stadium in a game moved after the crash of a 71-year-old steel-and-concrete joint at old Yankee Stadium. While the Mets' Home Run Apple started to rise when Darryl Strawberry went deep then, there was no such mishap this time.
Ellsbury set an obscure major league record on his 34th birthday, nicking Wilson Ramos' mitt on a slow curveball from Jake Odorizzi (8-8). Ellsbury set the season mark with 12 last year and has four this season. He reached the record in 5,308 plate appearance, about one-third of Rose's 15,890.
After starting with 6 1/3 hitless innings against Minnesota last week, Odorizzi did not allow a hit until the fourth, when he threw just 15 of 51 pitches for strikes and was chased with two outs. Just one of the five runs off Odorizzi was earned, and he allowed three hits and three walks while throwing 94 pitches over 3 2/3 innings. Just before Odorizzi left the game, Plouffe walked to the mound and said "my bad."
Sabathia was helped in the third when Tampa Bay had two on and tried for a double steal, only for Kevin Kiermaier to get tagged out oversliding second. Sabathia allowed six hits.
Ahead 1-0, Odorizzi walked Aaron Judge on four pitches leading off the fourth. Judge took third when Gary Sanchez singled on a full-count offering, and Didi Gregorius hit a sacrifice fly. After Starling Castro struck out, Matt Holliday hit a grounder to third, and Plouffe tried for a backhand grab but let the ball bounce under his glove and into the left-field corner. The slow-footed Sanchez scored from first with the go-ahead run.
Ellsbury reached on the catcher's interference, and Frazier lined a full-count slider off the front of the second deck in left for a 5-1 lead.
Adeiny Hechavarria, in a 2-for-18 slide, put the Rays ahead with an RBI triple in the second. He also singled and doubled, then flied out to the right-field warning track with two on in the eighth.
WHOOPS
Sanchez allowed his 15th passed ball, tying the Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasmani Grandal for the major league lead.
DRESS FOR SUCCESS
When the Yankees traveled home from Texas, they had pillows and blankets with the face of Frazier. Sabathia arranged to purchase the apparel.
DUGOUT BUDDY
A praying mantis perched on a cup atop a railing in the Yankees dugout during the middle innings.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: 1B Greg Bird was scratched because of lower back tightness and replaced by Tyler Austin. ... OF Clint Frazier, sidelined since Aug. 9 by a left oblique strain, was activated from the DL. Girardi said Frazier will start Tuesday and possibly Wednesday.
Rays: RHP Nathan Eovaldi, coming back from Tommy John surgery in August 2016, struck out two in a hitless inning for Double-A Montgomery on Saturday in the Southern League playoffs. LHP Xavier Cedeno, returning from a forearm injury, followed with a one-hit second. Rays manager Kevin Cash said Eovaldi will next pitch for Triple-A Durham in the playoffs or the instructional league. "He's a huge part of our season next year," Cash said.
UP NEXT
RHP Sonny Gray (9-9) starts for the Yankees on Tuesday and LHP Blake Snell (3-6) for the Rays.
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Jacoby Ellsbury broke Pete Rose's major league record by reaching base on catcher's interference for the 30th time, and David Robertson (8-2) pitched a career-high 2 2/3 innings in relief of CC Sabathia, removed with two on and one out in the fifth.
Opening a stretch that has 17 of their final 20 games in New York, the Yankees closed within three games of Boston in the AL East and opened a four-game lead over Minnesota for the top AL wild card. The Rays dropped four games behind the Twins with 17 remaining and have five other teams to overcome.
Major League Baseball moved the series to Queens because of the availability of hotel rooms in New York. The Rays wore home white uniforms, hit last, used the Mets clubhouse and were introduced to their regular walkup music. They hope to return to Tropicana Field for a three-game series against Boston starting Friday.
Only the lower deck was open, ticket prices were capped at $25 and a pro-Yankees crowd of 15,327 booed the Rays when they ran onto the field for the first pitch.
This was just the fifth big league series moved to a neutral site because of weather and the second in less than a month after Houston played Texas at Tampa Bay because of Hurricane Harvey. The Chicago White Sox hosted Montreal and Florida in 2004 because of Hurricane Ivan, the Los Angeles Angels played Cleveland in Milwaukee in 2007 because of snow and the Chicago Cubs met Houston at Milwaukee in 2008 due to Hurricane Ike.
In April 1998, the Yankees beat the Anaheim Angels 6-3 at Shea Stadium in a game moved after the crash of a 71-year-old steel-and-concrete joint at old Yankee Stadium. While the Mets' Home Run Apple started to rise when Darryl Strawberry went deep then, there was no such mishap this time.
Ellsbury set an obscure major league record on his 34th birthday, nicking Wilson Ramos' mitt on a slow curveball from Jake Odorizzi (8-8). Ellsbury set the season mark with 12 last year and has four this season. He reached the record in 5,308 plate appearance, about one-third of Rose's 15,890.
After starting with 6 1/3 hitless innings against Minnesota last week, Odorizzi did not allow a hit until the fourth, when he threw just 15 of 51 pitches for strikes and was chased with two outs. Just one of the five runs off Odorizzi was earned, and he allowed three hits and three walks while throwing 94 pitches over 3 2/3 innings. Just before Odorizzi left the game, Plouffe walked to the mound and said "my bad."
Sabathia was helped in the third when Tampa Bay had two on and tried for a double steal, only for Kevin Kiermaier to get tagged out oversliding second. Sabathia allowed six hits.
Ahead 1-0, Odorizzi walked Aaron Judge on four pitches leading off the fourth. Judge took third when Gary Sanchez singled on a full-count offering, and Didi Gregorius hit a sacrifice fly. After Starling Castro struck out, Matt Holliday hit a grounder to third, and Plouffe tried for a backhand grab but let the ball bounce under his glove and into the left-field corner. The slow-footed Sanchez scored from first with the go-ahead run.
Ellsbury reached on the catcher's interference, and Frazier lined a full-count slider off the front of the second deck in left for a 5-1 lead.
Adeiny Hechavarria, in a 2-for-18 slide, put the Rays ahead with an RBI triple in the second. He also singled and doubled, then flied out to the right-field warning track with two on in the eighth.
WHOOPS
Sanchez allowed his 15th passed ball, tying the Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasmani Grandal for the major league lead.
DRESS FOR SUCCESS
When the Yankees traveled home from Texas, they had pillows and blankets with the face of Frazier. Sabathia arranged to purchase the apparel.
DUGOUT BUDDY
A praying mantis perched on a cup atop a railing in the Yankees dugout during the middle innings.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: 1B Greg Bird was scratched because of lower back tightness and replaced by Tyler Austin. ... OF Clint Frazier, sidelined since Aug. 9 by a left oblique strain, was activated from the DL. Girardi said Frazier will start Tuesday and possibly Wednesday.
Rays: RHP Nathan Eovaldi, coming back from Tommy John surgery in August 2016, struck out two in a hitless inning for Double-A Montgomery on Saturday in the Southern League playoffs. LHP Xavier Cedeno, returning from a forearm injury, followed with a one-hit second. Rays manager Kevin Cash said Eovaldi will next pitch for Triple-A Durham in the playoffs or the instructional league. "He's a huge part of our season next year," Cash said.
UP NEXT
RHP Sonny Gray (9-9) starts for the Yankees on Tuesday and LHP Blake Snell (3-6) for the Rays.
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7:10PM,EDT,September 11,2017
Citi Field, New York,New York
Citi Field, New York,New York
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Gardner flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Judge struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Sánchez walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Kiermaier grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Plouffe grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Castro grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Holliday struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Ellsbury flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Duda walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Puello struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Ramos flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Hechavarria tripled to center, Duda scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Espinosa grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| T. Frazier struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Austin grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Gardner flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Bourjos reached on bunt single to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| Kiermaier reached on infield single to pitcher, Bourjos to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Plouffe struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Kiermaier caught stealing second, catcher to second, Bourjos to third on runner's fielder's choice. | 0 | 1 |
| Longoria grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Judge walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Sánchez singled to center, Judge to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Gregorius hit sacrifice fly to right, Judge scored. | 1 | 1 |
| Castro struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Holliday safe at second on error by third baseman Plouffe, Sánchez scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Ellsbury reached first base on catcher's interference. | 2 | 1 |
| T. Frazier homered to left center (416 feet), Holliday and Ellsbury scored. | 5 | 1 |
| Austin doubled to left. | 5 | 1 |
| Gardner walked. | 5 | 1 |
| Roe relieved Odorizzi. | 5 | 1 |
| Judge struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| 5 Runs, 3 Hits, 2 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Duda struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Puello struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Ramos singled to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Hechavarria singled to center, Ramos to third. | 5 | 1 |
| Espinosa struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chaz Roe pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Sánchez grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| Gregorius walked. | 5 | 1 |
| Castro grounded out to third, Gregorius to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Holliday lined out to right. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Bourjos walked. | 5 | 1 |
| Kiermaier struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| Plouffe singled to center, Bourjos to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Robertson relieved Sabathia. | 5 | 1 |
| Longoria struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| Duda struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Kittredge pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Kittredge relieved Roe. | 5 | 1 |
| Ellsbury flied out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| T. Frazier struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| Austin flied out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| David Robertson pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Puello grounded out to first. | 5 | 1 |
| Ramos grounded out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| Hechavarria hit a ground rule double to deep left. | 5 | 1 |
| Hechavarria to third on passed ball by Sánchez. | 5 | 1 |
| Espinosa grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Ryne Stanek pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Stanek relieved Kittredge. | 5 | 1 |
| Gardner singled to left center. | 5 | 1 |
| Gardner caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Judge walked. | 5 | 1 |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Gregorius flied out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| David Robertson pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Dickerson hit for Bourjos. | 5 | 1 |
| Dickerson struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| Kiermaier struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Plouffe grounded out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chase Whitley pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Puello in right field. | 5 | 1 |
| Dickerson in left field. | 5 | 1 |
| Whitley relieved Stanek. | 5 | 1 |
| Castro struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Holliday fouled out to catcher. | 5 | 1 |
| Ellsbury walked. | 5 | 1 |
| Ellsbury stole second. | 5 | 1 |
| T. Frazier popped out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dellin Betances pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Betances relieved Robertson. | 5 | 1 |
| Longoria singled to right. | 5 | 1 |
| Duda struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Puello walked, Longoria to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Morrison hit for Ramos. | 5 | 1 |
| Morrison struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| Hechavarria flied out to right. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Sergio Romo pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Casali catching. | 5 | 1 |
| Romo relieved Whitley. | 5 | 1 |
| Austin struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Gardner struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| Judge flied out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Aroldis Chapman pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Chapman relieved Betances. | 5 | 1 |
| Espinosa flied out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Dickerson grounded out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| Kiermaier flied out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Gardner LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .258 | .348 | .425 |
| Judge RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | .275 | .411 | .579 |
| Sánchez C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .280 | .350 | .539 |
| Gregorius SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .294 | .327 | .483 |
| Castro 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .301 | .337 | .463 |
| Holliday DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .229 | .320 | .435 |
| Ellsbury CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | .257 | .340 | .393 |
| T. Frazier 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .210 | .337 | .423 |
| Austin 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .250 | .310 | .472 |
| Totals | 30 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 176 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Austin (2, Odorizzi) HR: T. Frazier (24, 4th inning off Odorizzi 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: Gregorius (73), T. Frazier 3 (67) SF: Gregorius 2-out RBI: T. Frazier 3 Yankees RISP: 1-4 (Holliday 0-1, T. Frazier 1-2, Judge 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Ellsbury (18, 2nd base off Whitley/Ramos) CS: Gardner (5, 2nd base by Stanek/Ramos) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING PB: Sánchez. | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| 1B BIRD (LOWER BACK TIGHTNESS) SCRATCHED |
Game Information
| Stadium | Citi Field, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 15327 |
| Game Time | 3:28 |
| Weather | 74 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 8 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Lance Barksdale, First Base - Ted Barrett, Second Base - Angel Hernandez, Third Base - John Tumpane |
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