The Yankees did it! They beat the Rays! After six straight losses to their only division competition, the Yankees avoided blowing another game to the Rays. Masahiro Tanaka was allowed to pitch six innings, DJ LeMahieu and Luke Voit kept on hitting and Kevin Kiermaier finally did something bad against the Yankees. Because of the ninth-inning antics, the series and season finale on Wednesday might lead to some suspensions.

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On Saturday against the Mets, J.A. Happ pitched like Gerrit Cole. And on Monday against the Rays, Gerrit Cole pitched like J.A. Happ. It was the second straight start in which Cole lasted only five innings, as he has now failed to beat the Rays in any of his three starts against them this season. Cole has been good this season, but he needs to be great. If he isn’t his old self a month from now, the Yankees aren’t going anywhere.

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The five-game Subway Series was full of surprises. The Yankees won games they were supposed to lose and lost games they were supposed to win. They won a game on a wild pitch and came back to win another game despite a 0.02 percent chance of winning. It was a crazy weekend made crazier by Aaron Boone.

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The Yankees lost for the sixth straight game, and once again, it was a game they could have and should have won. Chad Green blew a three-run lead by allowing three home runs in an inning and Aaron Boone’s lineup and in-game decisions played a big part in the loss. The Yankees still have to play the Mets four times this weekend and they will have to do so without any of their three top and actual starting pitchers. Reaction to the first game of the series-opening doubleheader.

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I don’t know how the Yankees are going to win a game this weekend. Gerrit Cole and Masahiro Tanaka can’t start and their 1 through 4 hitters are out as Aaron Judge becomes Giancarlo Stanton with injuries. After the five games against the Mets, things only get worse with three more games against the Rays and another game against the Mets next weekend.

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