The Yankees-Rays play carries in ALDS despite all the oddities


San Diego – It’s official: Yankees-Rayo play anywhere.

It’s also official: the four-day holiday didn’t slow down the October wave of the 2020 Yankees in the slightest. Looks like it just made it stronger.

The bout of Aaron Boone, who equipped with Aaron-3 in the final-score-the-final-score opener of this best-five f-five competition on Monday in Petco Park’s first-ever American League Division Series game, proved to be no bubble trouble. Rookie Goddess Garcia will take over on Tuesday, the youngest Yankees, the youngest to start a postseason game, owning a 1-0 advantage in games and feeling good about himself on the team as he has it all season.

“There’s no question that the guys played really well,” manager Aaron Boone said. “With so many big pitches, so many defensive plays, the whole lineup working so well together, we can really break down. I think people are really focused, and hopefully we can keep it going [Tuesday]”

We already know that this growing competition doesn’t need fans; On the contrary Latu, August Gust and the empty Yankee Stadium in September and Tropica made it easy for both sides to hear all the chips about every real and alleged violation as the Rays won eight of their 10 fights. Yet here on the other shore this neutral-site setup, inspired by the same desire to include the novel coronavirus as fan-free regular-season contests, presents some next-level quirks, two clubs rearranging at a bplpark, each with a visit rate. About three series in 13 years.

The Yankees made their way to ALDS Game 1.
The Yankees made their way to ALDS Game 1.Corey Sipkin

“It’s weird, weird. Not one of our parks and not even a fan, ”admitted Giancarlo Stent. “But this is an unconventional year. At the same time, sports are just as important. ”

And like riveting. The Yankees and Keys played the ball of a high quality brand that we will be predicting all season long. And the Yankees performed so well that we … expect three games. They are now 3-0 in this post ason Zane, showing a toughness, dexterity and outrageous ferocity that barely declared itself during the haphazard, lowering in the regular season.

With family members, team and league officials and the media scattering in the stands, the clubs weren’t even bothered by the traditional baseline roster introduction, that Boone and his ray collaborator Kevin Cash – rarely after zooming fellows surrounded Boone in public. Sept. Aroldis Chapman’s dangerously high and tight pitch awareness to Micro Bros. on the 1st – exchange greetings from any field. Kids’ third-base coach, Rodney Linares, represented his team and booed him during the home-plate bias with the umpires.

Once the Rays S Black Snell threw the first pitch, however, it looked like old time, or not old enough for the rays.

The Yankees struck first, third and fifth, while S Garrett Cole left a pair of Leeds, the fifth two-run top “visitors” call personal catcher Kyle Higashiyoka and the powerful Aaron Judge each hit a solo homer (maybe Homers isn’t all bad?) .

Cole survived the bottom of the fifth inning, deliberately knocking out his nemesis (and former Yankee) Ji-Man Choin with Ray, first and second, and two outs to get behind Manuel Margot, whom he loved with 100 miles per fastball ball. For all the offensive fireworks of the Yankees, their excavations never got louder than that moment.

Speaking of offensive fireworks, the Yankees’ bat was able to put the game ahead of the ninth five-run game, coming to the Grand Slam by the last four Stantons, which has now reached deep into all three Yankees playoff games. He especially likes to play in Patco, close to where he grew up, hitting nine homers in 20 games as well as winning a home run derby here in 2016.

“It was great,” Stanton said of the entire game, setting many examples for uniqueness, but sure that didn’t stop the Yankees from making their own at home.

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