For six-plus innings, Tampa Bay Rays starter Chris Archer masterfully neutralized the Yankees on Friday night.
The only outlier from his performance was his high pitch count, which reached 122, before he was relieved with two outs in the seventh inning.
Jake McGee struck out Jose Pirela to end the inning, but the Yankees’ offense jumped on Kevin Jepsen in the eighth. Singles by Chase Headley and Alex Rodriguez set the stage for Mark Teixeira to represent the tying run, and he delivered, bashing a three-run home run to tie the game at 3-3.