Taylor Walls hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the fifth inning, Jose Siri caught Aaron Judge's fly in front of the center-field wall for the final out and the Rays beat the Yankees 8-7 on Sunday for a four-game series split. RepBX
Judge hit an RBI single in the seventh and rookie Anthony Volpe had a two-run homer in the eighth off Trevor Kelley, his sixth home run this season and third in five games.
Judge ended the game with a 399-foot flyout, giving Adam his fifth save. When Siri caught the ball, the reliever tapped a glove over his heart. Tampa Bay built its 3-0 lead on Brandon Lowe's groundout in the first and sacrifice fly in the third along with Issac Paredes' RBI single. Lowe's groundout scored Yandy Díaz, who left with left groin tightness.
Elfin allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings and struck out nine. He allowed both homers after taking a comebacker from Volpe off a leg. Schmidt, coming off his first career win as a starter, allowed a career-high seven runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings.Schmidt collided with Tampa Bay third base coach Brady Williams in the fourth. Walls hit a triple that Judge could not make a running catch on and when Schmidt raced over to back up the play, he bowled over Williams. In the sixth, Jose Siri collided with Volpe racing back to second base on Abreu's pickoff toss.
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