“Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the 32nd series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the New York Yankees from July 19 to July 22, a three game series at Tropicana Field.
Rays baseball is back and still .500 after a series split against the Yankees. Lets get straight to it!
Game 1: Rays - 1 Yankees - 6
Game 2: Rays - 9 Yankees - 1 (recap)
Game 3: Rays - 6 Yankees - 4 (recap)
Game 4: Rays - 1 Yankees - 9 (recap)
Offensive Sunburst Award: Randy Arozarena
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My goodness did Arozarena have an outing in New York.