Following Monday night’s loss Rays manager, Kevin Cash commented that the Yankees bullpen is a really a collection full of closers because everyone they bring in has “closing, wipe out stuff.” This was after the Yankees imitated the Rays by employing an opener to start the game and seven other relievers to hold Tampa to one run and two hits in the Yanks 4-1 win.
After Jonathan Holder pitched a scoreless first inning and Stephen Tarpley pitched an impressive 1-2-3 second Sonny Gray followed them allowing the only run over two innings of work. From the fifth inning on the Yanks went to all their high leverage relievers to shut down and finish off the Rays offense.