After a couple wins, the Yankees’ hitting woes reappeared on Friday night, as they scored just two runs in a loss to the Rangers. The lineup looked especially bare without Aaron Judge — out with an injury — and Anthony Volpe — who got an off-day and only appeared as a pinch hitter in the ninth, when it was mostly too late.
While the Yankees still have a bit of work to do, let’s check in on the work that was done by some of their AL rivals elsewhere in baseball on Friday.
Tampa Bay Rays (22-5) 3, Chicago White Sox (7-20) 2
The Rays are the team that are the reason for this game being covered in the Rivalry Roundup, however, it’s hard not to focus on what happened to the White Sox in this one.