ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — So much has gone right for the Yankees in these first 39 games, but there is one significant issue.
The defense at third base has to be cleaned up, and that was the case again Friday night in a difficult 5-4 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field.
Chase Headley owns nine errors already. He was given the night off and replaced by Ronald Torreyes.
The Rays scored three runs in the seventh inning, the last two coming home on pinch-hitter Rickie Weeks Jr.’s two-out chopper that got under Torreyes’ glove to put the Rays up 4-2.