What a pitiful performance...
The Rays picked a bad time to play one of their worst games of the season as they fell 6-0 to the Yankees and are now one win away from being eliminated in the ALDS for the second straight season after winning 110+ games. Andy Aparicio came up small again on the heels of his 2031 ALDS Game 5 shelling last year, single-handedly done in by Yankee superstar Mario Aguilar, who took him deep in the first inning and then added a 3-run shot in the 3rd. Also having a terrible game was Jaiden Hardaway, who dropped not one but two infield pops, the first of which prolonged that 3rd inning and allowed Aguilar to come to the plate. And we'll throw in Victor de Jesus, who was supposedly over the flu but looked ill at the plate, whiffing 3 times. Actually the entire offense looked ill, as they were amazingly shut out despite having at least one baserunner in every inning. Finally to add injury to insult, Jasson Dominguez had to leave the game with what turned out to be a minor calf injury which he can hopefully play with tomorrow because otherwise he'll have about 5 months to rest it. Now the season is in the hands of Jon Soranno, who will face a former Ray in Daniel Lynch in a must-win.
In the other ALDS:
Edwin Harty was brilliant for Texas and a couple of former Rays (Wander Franco and Carlos Perez) went deep as the Rangers swept the defending champion Tigers out of the playoffs and await the Yankees or Rays in the ALCS.