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Though, Anthony Volpe Singled To Left Scoring Anthony Rizzo, Austin Wells Saturday New York Lost 7-2 To Tampa Bay As Nestor Cortes Surrendered Home Runs To Randy Arozarena, Yandy Diaz

Anthony Volpe singled to left scoring Anthony Rizzo, Austin Wells in top of 2nd inning.

Though, Anthony Volpe singled to left scoring Anthony Rizzo , Austin Wells Saturday New York the team that wears the pinstripes lost 7-2 to Tampa Bay as Nestor Cortes surrendered home runs to Randy Arozarena, Yandy Diaz.

Nestor Cortes surrendered home run to Randy Arozarena to right center 365 feet in bottom of 3rd inning

Scoring who? Jose Siri, Yandy Diaz!

Nestor Cortes surrendered home run to Yandy Diaz in bottom of 1st inning to left center giving Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead. Nestor Cortes surrendered home run to Randy Arozarena right center scoring Jose Siri, Yandy Diaz in bottom of 3rd inning. From there Tampa Bay tacked on runs in bottom of 7th inning as Yandy Diaz doubled to center scoring former New York the team that wears the pinstripes catcher Ben Rortvedt extending Tampa Bay ‘s lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 5-2 before Tampa Bay extended their lead to 6-2 7-2 as Randy Arozarena doubled to left scoring Yandy Diaz before tacking on a final run as Issac Paredes hit sacrifice fly to right scoring Randy Arozarena.

According to espn app

Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 7-2 loss to Tampa Bay New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Nestor Cortes struggling on mound Saturday in St. Petersburg Florida!

Early on, it just seemed like he had a hard time getting that fastball at the top rail [of the strike zone] like he normally does so well,”

There were a lot of pitches that he shot up there that were getting away from him.”

Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 7-2 loss to Tampa Bay New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting pitcher Nestor Cortes who surrendered home runs to Randy Arozarena, Yandy Diaz in St. Petersbug Florida had this to say!

I felt like I was missing up and away a lot,”“I think it’s a little bit with my mechanics, with my delivery. I was able to fix that after the third inning. I was able to dial in more, and I felt like I had more on my fastball.”

Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 7-2 loss to Tampa Bay New York the team that wears the pinstripes shortstop Anthony Volpe who singled to left scoring Anthony Rizzo, Austin Wells in top of 2nd inning had this to say!

I feel good,”“I’m just trying to stick to my plan, stick to my approach and keep putting myself in positions to barrel up the ball. … When I’m doing what I’ve got to do and I’m covering the pitches I feel like I need to cover, then everything takes care of itself.”

According to Bryan Hoch article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/nestor-cortes-struggles-in-yankees-loss-to-rays

New York the team that wears the pinstripes is now going to prepare to play finale of three game series with Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg Florida where New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Tampa Bay are playing finale of three game series Sunday in St. Petersburg Florida Luis Gil, Tyler Alexander are starting on mound as New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Tampa Bay are looking to win series.

Luis Gil, Tyler Alexander are different because Luis Gil is a right handed starting pitcher while Tyler Alexander is a left handed starting pitcher!

Luis Gil comes into the finale of three game series with record of 3-1 with an earn run average of 2.92 because on Tuesday May 7, 2024 Luis Gil pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 1 earned run , 4 walks while striking out 5 Houston batters.

Tyler Alexander comes into the finale of three game series with record of 1-1 with an earn run average of 4.96 because on Monday May 6, 2024 at Chicago (White Sox) Tyler Alexander pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 4 hits, 2 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 7 Chicago (White Sox) batters.

According to https://www.mlb.com/player/luis-gil-661563

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Could mother nature prevent New York the team that wears the pinstripes from playing the finale from Luis Gil, Tyler Alexander from starting the finale?

There is a very small chance of that happening as its partly sunny with 9% at first pitch and because unlike most MLB teams Tampa Bay plays in a dome.

First pitch is set for 1:40pm Eastern Standard Time from Tropicana Field!

The game is going to be televised on Yes, Bally Sports Sun, Major League Baseball Network!