Heroes, zeros from sloppy Yankees Game 2 loss to Rays: Brooklyn’s Richie Palacios opened it up for Tampa Bay
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Old-school baseball. Baseball’s best team at putting the ball in play struck out just four times total in a game started by Cam Schlittler , putting constant pressure on a Yankees defense that wilted.
Rays second baseman Richie Palacios #1 hits a two-run RBI, in the fifth inning. Charles Wenzelberg for New York Post Zero The entire Yankees defense. Misplays, four of which were scored as errors, from (in order) Ryan McMahon, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Austin Wells, Spencer Jones, George Lombard Jr., Lombard again and Luis García Jr. led to three unearned runs and one of the ugliest playoff performances you will see.
Brooklyn’s Richie Palacios knocked a two-run single in the fifth inning that created far too much distance for a Yankees lineup that has not solved Rays pitching (apart from Ben Rice).
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