Wander Franco hit the ninth pitch of the game into the right field seats, and by the time most fans had sat down the Yankees were in a 2-0 hole. With how this team has played the past few weeks, I wouldn’t have blamed you if you got up and did something else with your evening. Gerrit Cole, the ace of the staff, was tagged early and this lineup does not have a reputation for being comeback kids. If you stuck around, though, you got your money’s worth. The Yankees woke up after a sleepy first two innings, clubbed Shane McLanahan around, and salvaged the final game of this series 7-2.
Yankees 7, Rays 2: Cole, Stanton stop the bleeding
