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Yankees' Season Hangs by Thread After Playoff Loss to Tampa Bay Rays
The Yankees had 4 errors and 3 hits, making them the first MLB team since 2010 to do that in a postseason game.
- On Monday, October 5, the New York Yankees fell to the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, dropping to 0-2 in the American League Division Series.
- New York struggled with defensive composure, committing 4 errors while managing only 3 hits; this rare statistical imbalance has not occurred in a postseason game for 16 years.
- Shortstop Jazz Chisholm Jr. committed an error attempting a double play in the first inning, while catcher Austin Wells provided the Yankees' only hit in game one.
- The Rays return to the Bronx on Wednesday with a commanding 2-0 series lead, with history suggesting nearly a 90% chance they advance to the championship series.
- Young slugger Junior Caminero fueled the Rays' success with 45 home runs this season, as the team secured the division title despite holding the third-lowest payroll in Major League Baseball.
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Junior Caminero would be a household name if he was in the Bronx. Instead, he’ll look to end the Yankees’ season there
By Hannah Keyser, CNN New York (CNN) — Chad Mottola, the hitting coach for the Tampa Bay Rays for the past decade, sat in the visiting team dugout alongside speedy slap-hitter Chandler Simpson and budding star Junior Caminero, who was nearing the end of his first full season in the majors. It was late September
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How Yankees' Errors Made Terrible MLB History
The New York Yankees are continuing to find a way to make the worst possible mistakes at the worst possible time. It started in Game 1 of the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays when Austin Wells finally delivered the Yanks’ first (and only) hit of the game with two outs in the eighth inning […]
·Las Vegas, United States
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