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Tampa Bay Rays New York Yankees Game Ends in 6-3 Yankees Victory - Recap

Tampa Bay dropped a 6-3 decision at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday as New York legged out a win behind winning pitcher J.A. Happ.

The Yankees were a -174 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 9.5.

J.A. Happ earned the victory for the Yankees, throwing 5 innings of work, striking out 3, walking 0, and allowing 7 hits and 2 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Gary Sanchez in the win.

Tampa Bay got a 0.2-inning outing from Chaz Roe in the loss. He gave up 3 earned runs, 0 walks and 5 hits in his time on the mound, while Tommy Pham had 2 hits in the loss for the Rays.

The battle of the bats favored New York as they had 11 hits, while Tampa Bay only had 9.

The game was closed out by Aroldis Chapman who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 3 batters to earn the save.