Game 1: 6-3 W. WP-Rasmussen (5-3, 6 4 0 0 1 3). S-Taylor (3). HR-Tucker (13). Tucker drove in 3 with a 2-run single and homer, and Alika Williams had a big RBI double to back a strong Ras outing.
Game 2: 7-2 W. WP-Gau (6-2). Starter-McClanahan (6 5 2 2 3 7). HR-Arozarena (11), Mears (12). A rookie duo broke a 2-2 tie in the 8th when Casey Schmitt had a 2-run single and Josh Mears followed with a 3-run homer to propel the Rays to victory.
Game 3: 11-0 W. WP-Bradley (4-3, 5 4 0 0 2 6). HR-Albies (4), Mead 2 (7), Tucker (14). Schmitt did it again, driving in 5 with a a 2-run double and a bases-clearing two-bagger, Albies scored 4 runs and Mead homered twice to pace a rout.
Team record: 43-28. The Yankees took 2 of 3 from Detroit so the lead is back up to 3 1/2. Next up: 4 games in Boston.
MLB News: Pirates star Brian Reynolds hit for the cycle - again. Having done it on June 8, he did it again on the 20th. According to
this article, only Toronto's Aaron Hill in 2015 had a pair of cycles closer together - by one day (11) to Reynolds' 12. Also 38-year-old Andrew McCutchen of the Phillies is done for the year after tearing his labrum.