Don't Miss
- Commissioner’s statement on Ventura, Marte
- Ronnie O’Sullivan: Masters champion ‘felt so vulnerable’ in final
- Arron Fletcher Wins 2017 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event ($140,224)
- Smith challenges Warner to go big in India
- Moncada No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Braves land 2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Kingery makes MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- New Zealand wrap up 2-0 after Bangladesh implosion
- Mathews, Pradeep, Gunathilaka to return to Sri Lanka
- Elliott hopes for rain for Poli
Long ball lifts Rays past Yankees, Michael Pineda
- Updated: April 24, 2016
4:49 PM ET
NEW YORK — Those weren’t cheap Yankee Stadium home runs that Michael Pineda served up Sunday.
No, those were shots, rockets, or whatever else you want to call the four long homers the Tampa Bay Rays hit off Pineda in the first five innings of their 8-1 win over the New York Yankees.
The Yankees’ nine-game homestand was mostly consumed with questions about their ability to score runs, particularly against left-handed pitching. The same questions could have been raised Sunday, because the Yankees’ hitters couldn’t do much with Rays lefty Drew Smyly, with just six hits in seven easy innings.
Michael …
continue reading in source espn.go.com
