Even if this game wasn’t over in the first inning like last night’s, it sure felt as if the Yankees never had a shot to win. Spot starter Jhony Brito — who maybe shouldn’t have been spot starting in the first place — surrendered four longballs, including on back-to-back hitters in the fourth. Unsurprisingly, Tyler Glasnow easily shut down the offense by pitching around Aaron Judge to seal an effortless 5-1 victory for the Rays in the opening contest of a three-game set. The Yankees enter the MLB Trade Deadline three games back in the Wild Card chase and knotted with the Angels as well after a 10-15 July, their worst in 48 years.
Yankees 1, Rays 5: Pitching debacle and feeble offense spell doom
