Yankees Lose Opener to Rays

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yankees	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0
Rays	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	x	4	11	1

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0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

5

0

Rays

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1

1

0

1

0

0

1

x

4

11

1

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Yankees

0

0

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3

0

0

0

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Rays

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C.C. Sabathia pitches against the Rays on Monday. (Getty Images)

The Yankees continued to struggle on Monday as they were defeated 4-3 by the Rays. The Yankees were unable to hold their lead, which led to another loss.

C.C. Sabathia started for the Yankees and he was solid. Sabathia allowed 3 runs on 8 hits in 7 innings of work. He struck out 4 and walked only 2 batters. He exited the game with 116 pitches thrown, in which 72 of them were for strikes.

The Yankee offense did their damage in the fourth inning when they scored three runs. The fourth inning was the only inning that they were able to score.

The Yankees look to get back on track on Tuesday as these two teams will continue their three game set.