Pinch hitting for Joey Gallo with two out in the top of the ninth, Judge hit a fly ball to left to end the game, as the Yankees’ rally fell short in a 5-4 loss to Tampa Bay.Aaron Hicks whiffed and Kyle Higashioka grounded out. With Judge in the on-deck circle, ready to pinch hit for Gallo, Marwin Gonzalez homered to left to get the Yankees within a run, but they got no closer.
Isaac Paredes — who hit three homers on the night — and Harold Ramirez went back-to-back off Cortes with one out in the bottom of the first.Facing opener Jalen Beeks, they got a one-out single from Higashioka followed by a ground-rule double by Gonzalez.Isaac Paredes hits one of his three home runs during the fifth inning of the Yankees’ loss to the Rays.Shawn Armstrong was brought on to face the top of the lineup and DJ LeMahieu delivered a two-run single to center to tie the game.
Clarke Schmidt entered and had the same fate as Cortes, with Paredes homering for the third time on the night to make it 5-2. And the inning ended when Stanton smashed a hard grounder to the right of Taylor Walls that the shortstop was able to get to and turn into a double play.