The Yankees freefall continued on Friday as they took a 4-2 loss to the Rays, trimming the AL East lead to just 3.5 games.
While the Rays are the team the Yankees need to be most immediately preoccupied with, there’s plenty of other teams they’re getting drawn towards, record-wise. While we know that Tampa Bay gained ground, let’s check in on the rest of the competition in today’s edition of the Rivalry Roundup.
Top Rangers’ prospect Josh Jung got some headlines with a home run in his first career MLB at-bat, but it was Toronto who came away with the victory thanks to Danny Jansen’s ninth inning RBI single.