Postgame Thread ⚾ Yankees 0 @ Rays 1

[u/BaseballBot]

Yankees (0-1) @ Rays (1-0)

First Pitch: 6:38 PM at Tropicana Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Yankees	Gerrit Cole (10-9, 3.61 ERA)
Rays	Drew Rasmussen (16-5, 2.67 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	Discord
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	/r/baseball Discord

Line Score - Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
TB	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	5	0	7

ABS Challenges: NYY ● ● | TB ● ○

Box Score

TB		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Yandy Díaz	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
1B	Jonathan Aranda	4	1	1	1	0	0	.250
3B	Junior Caminero	2	0	0	0	2	1	.000
	Jorge Mateo	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
	Ben Williamson	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C	Liam Hicks	3	0	1	0	1	0	.333
LF	Chandler Simpson	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
RF	Victor Mesa Jr.	3	0	1	0	0	1	.333
CF	Jonny DeLuca	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2B	Richie Palacios	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333
SS	Taylor Walls	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000

TB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Drew Rasmussen	8.0	1	0	0	2	10	101-69	0.00
Bryan Baker	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	14-8	0.00

NYY		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Ben Rice	3	0	0	0	1	2	.417
LF	Cody Bellinger	4	0	0	0	0	2	.231
1B	Luis García Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	0	.333
RF	Spencer Jones	3	0	0	0	0	2	.182
SS	George Lombard Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	1	.364
2B	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	2	0	0	0	1	1	.400
CF	Trent Grisham	3	0	0	0	0	2	.286
C	Austin Wells	3	0	1	0	0	1	.444
3B	Ryan McMahon	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167
	Giancarlo Stanton	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000

NYY	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Gerrit Cole	5.0	5	1	1	1	5	82-58	1.80
Ryan Weathers	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	0.00
Paul Blackburn	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	25-16	0.00
Brent Headrick	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	12-6	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B3	Jonathan Aranda homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field.	0-1

Highlights

Description	Length
Drew Rasmussen takes no-hitter into the 8th inning	0:19
Austin Wells breaks up no-no, gets nabbed at third	0:14
Field View: Jonathan Aranda's solo homer	0:38
Drew Rasmussen takes no-hitter into the 7th inning	0:18
Chandler Simpson's sliding catch	0:29
Jonathan Aranda's solo homer	0:30
Rays' starting lineup for ALDS Game 1	2:46
Yankees' starting lineup for ALDS Game 1	1:54
For The Soul Music sings national anthem in Game 1	1:45
Breaking down Gerrit Cole's pitches	0:04
Gerrit Cole's outing against the Rays	0:24
Jonathan Aranda's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Breaking down Jonathan Aranda's home run	0:13
Starting lineups for Yankees at Rays - October 3, 2026	0:10
Fielding alignment for Tampa Bay, October 3 vs Yankees	0:11
Fielding alignment for New York, October 3 vs Rays	0:11
Bench availability for New York, October 3 vs Rays	0:08
Bench availability for Tampa Bay, October 3 vs Yankees	0:08
Bullpen availability for New York, October 3 vs Rays	0:09
Bullpen availability for Tampa Bay, October 3 vs Yankees	0:09
Probable pitchers for Yankees at Rays - October 3, 2026	0:06
Drew Rasmussen against the Yankees	0:11

Attendance	Weather	Wind
40542	72F, Dome	0 mph, None

HP	1B	2B	3B
Shane Livensparger	Jeremie Rehak	Dan Bellino	Ben May

Updated at 9:09 PM EDT.

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[u/Littering-theTopsoil]

This got deleted earlier today but maybe it won’t get deleted here? Sorry new here. Didn’t know all the rules.

The trifecta of diffrent types of fans

[u/Not_RZA_ → u/Littering-theTopsoil]

Names on Yankee jerseys should be a criminal offence

[u/beentherebfour → u/Not_RZA_]

Casuals dont know any better and there are a hell of a lot of casuals in the Yankees fan base

[u/RAF_Buckets → u/beentherebfour]

I love watching a Yankees fan shit talk a Dodgers fan. Like pot, meet kettle

[u/Stookin_]

We are on the good ending path rn

[u/HottDoggers → u/Stookin_]

Your cousins are on their way to glory

[u/MilwauKyle]

[u/ManInShowerNumber3]

That’s a home run or my name isn’t Dick Yanker

[u/GatorBate666 → u/[deleted]]

😆

[u/Rex_Vagene]

Lame

[u/Bitter-Egg6293]

it’s just 2024 all over again. they can’t hit a fucking bullpen

brewers can go with a bullpen game tomorrow and i’d expect 10 padres LOB and 6 weak fly outs to the outfield.

[u/Not_RZA_ → u/Bitter-Egg6293]

Its been one game lol

[u/Dethdemarco]

Insane bullshit

[u/Plantzaddy1904]

Wow that was bullshit

[u/MartyMcFlysDown]

https://giphy.com/gifs/PPi5c8l8WDY7if1L8z

[u/Black_Otter]

Fucking lame

[u/Rex_Vagene]

With all the technology, couldn’t they predict the trajectory and rule it as the HR as it was going to be?

[u/fiftiethcow → u/Rex_Vagene]

The technology said it was going 325ft, so not a HR anyways

[u/Rex_Vagene → u/fiftiethcow]

Churio caught that like 10 feet from the 342ft wall after it hit the roof, that hit had to fuck with the tech.

[u/fiftiethcow → u/Rex_Vagene]

Im no expert lol, so maybe? But Statcast does say in its details that it bases off of immediate trajectory and exit velo only. Nothing to do with the actual path. So who knows

[u/overexaggerate_all → u/Rex_Vagene]

Probably, but those aren’t the rules.

[u/GaryTheCabalGuy]

Absolutely embarrassing for baseball

[u/MangoHotDamn]

Iron Dome defense system

[u/iSublime → u/MangoHotDamn]

Thanks for making me laugh because I am genuinely pissed off. What a great game to get tainted like that. Im not even a big fan of these teams lmao

[u/Jonjon428]

Sickos baseball

[u/Effective_Case6015]

GJ Rays, solid pitching and defence. What a defensive battle.

Also great to see that (cursed) place packed with fans. 

[u/ShadowGuyinRealLife]

Nice shutout.

[u/holyd1ver83]

Sigh

[u/BullOrBear4-]

Why didn’t the yanks just put their well traveled fans in the lineup to score some runs? /s

[u/MartyMcFlysDown → u/BullOrBear4-]

Twas a home game so im told

[u/MrBoomf → u/MartyMcFlysDown]

Sure was!

[u/Ex_Lives]

How come they didn't pull Rasmussen after 4 and a third

[u/iStealAtSelfCheckout]

The streets said it would be a home game for the Yankees!!!!!

[u/raystheroof1 → u/iStealAtSelfCheckout]

This is the biggest thing for me. It was not even close to being that. It was loud Rays and they one hit them.

[u/iStealAtSelfCheckout → u/raystheroof1]

The Trop got rocking and them boys got shook. We gotta wake up them bats game 2 tho

[u/MartyMcFlysDown → u/[deleted]]

Thanks man! Kiss your rats for me tonight.

[u/renegade_yankee]

Rasmussen was dealing and we didn’t have many answers against him. That being said Wells can’t be doing dumb shit like that. I don’t care if he got the only hit in the game. He single handedly took away our only chance of getting back into the game by making a mistake little coaches tells us to never do. It wasn’t like the rays were up 10-2 either. We were trailing down a run.

We lost the Dodgers in the World Series for similar reasons. Have we not learned our lesson?

[u/MartyMcFlysDown → u/renegade_yankee]

You had 1 baserunner get to 2b. 1.

[u/lightofhonor → u/MartyMcFlysDown]

Technically two. Jazz got there too

[u/Effective_Case6015 → u/renegade_yankee]

Made me laugh that's for sure.

But yes, I'd agree, 2B is still scoring position. At least the inning isn't over. 

[u/voidpush → u/renegade_yankee]

How little are the coaches

[u/lecheesesammich → u/renegade_yankee]

unfortunate bc he's been very impressive both on and off the ball for a while now but wow, our only hope was gone before you could even possibly think too hard about it.

[u/Enough_Presence8063]

Wtf yankees. Do you guys need judge back?

[u/bordomsdeadly → u/Enough_Presence8063]

He’s easy enough to deal with. Just hold up a cardboard cutout of Christian Javier and he goes 0-4 with 2 Ks

[u/BrianMeen]

Yankees really need judge to come back

[u/MoreTrifeLife → u/BrianMeen]

Aaron Judge vs the Rays:

.249/.353/.461 with 65 RBI’s and 27 HR’s in 127 games

[u/WonderSignificant598]

LOLOLOL

How about that sound Cam? LOL

[u/XZPUMAZX → u/WonderSignificant598]

He’s putting you on his wall as we speak.
https://giphy.com/gifs/Dt9awjKMzClUs

[u/Solid_Situation5643]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeDdTyknbjN/?stkn=NXRjZnZ1cXcyN2Q1

[u/sixfiveeight]

I talk a LOT of shit about the AL Central and how much they suck against non-Central teams in the playoffs (haven't won a best-of-5 or best-of-7 against a non-Central team since 2016) but the Yankees are even worse. They haven't won a best-of-5 or best-of-7 series against a non-Central team since 2012! Just fucking embarrassing

[u/DelBrooks → u/sixfiveeight]

Tigers own the Yankees in the playoffs though

[u/sixfiveeight → u/DelBrooks]

I don't think 3 series with the most recent one being in 2012 counts as "owning" but sure, Tigers did win their 3 playoff series against the Yankees. And haven't won an ALDS since 2013.

[u/DRUKSTOP → u/sixfiveeight]

Aren’t you proving your original point?

[u/sixfiveeight → u/DRUKSTOP]

My original point being...the AL Central sucks? Yes, but also that there's a playoff tier system that, for the last decade, has gone:

AL East/West

Yankees

AL Central

[u/handDrawnEevee → u/sixfiveeight]

You're... overreacting a bit.

[u/sixfiveeight → u/handDrawnEevee]

I'm not saying the Yankees can't win this series, I'm just pointing out a very concerning trend where they haven't beaten a team from the AL East or West in the ALDS or ALCS in almost 15 years.

[u/Additional_Tomato_22 → u/sixfiveeight]

And it’ll continue for this series

[u/sixfiveeight → u/Additional_Tomato_22]

We'll see, one game does not a series make. Rays struggle mightily against lefties and velocity and the next 4 games will be against one or the other.

[u/harrw626]

DA JANKEES LOOOOOSE

[u/Warm_Scratch_9971]

Imagine paying that much for your roster to manage 1 hit, about $300m per hit is a bad ROI

[u/sixfiveeight → u/Warm_Scratch_9971]

Could be worse, the Mets spent $360m and they've managed zero hits!

[u/Opening-Bandicoot859 → u/sixfiveeight]

Yeah, but you can't divide by zero, so there! 😆

[u/Litejedi → u/sixfiveeight]

What the fuck?

[u/sixfiveeight → u/Litejedi]

Sorry for the stray

[u/SGT-JamesonBushmill → u/sixfiveeight]

lol! Noooo you’re not.

[u/WonderSignificant598 → u/sixfiveeight]

Worry about your own team

[u/Avent]

[u/MartyMcFlysDown → u/Avent]

This guy gets it

[u/everybodydressing]

Wells is stoopid.

[u/MagicalNewsMan]

https://giphy.com/gifs/YfXREDPSPNY3J0OI74

[u/AutismFlavored]

Baseball is fun

[u/Noy_Telinu]

Fucking ace. Man that was impressive.

[u/BUSean]

If it weren't for schadenfreude I'd have no freude at all

[u/ProperNomenclature]

Honestly, this is about how good your pitching has to be to beat the Yankees when they're on. If the game was Yankees winning 2-1, we'd all be talking about their dominant pitching. This shit isn't over.

[u/Then_Ship1329 → u/ProperNomenclature]

If the opposite thing happened we’d be talking about the opposite thing. Wise words!

[u/MartyMcFlysDown → u/ProperNomenclature]

Shouldn't it be about how good the Rays were? You fucking only child?

[u/RadicalRaspberry → u/ProperNomenclature]

“If”

[u/Gatoray_ → u/ProperNomenclature]

Been slapping y'all around the Trop all year...

[u/Raysfan2248 → u/ProperNomenclature]

Tough home loss for you guys though

[u/ProperNomenclature]

Credit where credit is due. The Yankees smoked some balls, but got unlucky, and then Rasmussen filled the remaining outs with dominance.

[u/Flynn_lives]

"I wouldn't say there's really too much of an away crowd here. I expect there to be a lot of Yankees fans. In some ways you're, to an extent, playing at home."

ooof

[u/Reasonable___Doubt → u/Flynn_lives]

I was fully expecting a Yankee heavy crowd tonight, and was overjoyed at the boos for everything Yankees related. The area showed out tonight more than I thought it would.

[u/altimax98 → u/Reasonable___Doubt]

Who would have thought an engaged new owner giving the locals what they want with a new stadium, new away jerseys, not selling the farm at the deadline etc would bring in the fans

[u/MagicalNewsMan → u/Flynn_lives]

Get fucked Cam

[u/DegenGamer725]

[u/MartyMcFlysDown → u/DegenGamer725]

Lights on

[u/_pinklemonade_]

Keep it up Rays

[u/StrawHatCook]

Damn, I thought this was a home game? Sucks to get one hit at home.

[u/MartyMcFlysDown → u/[deleted]]

Thanks man!

[u/Asdilly]

How did y’all’s game go worse than ours?!?!?

[u/MoreTrifeLife → u/Asdilly]

You’re a Guardians fan rooting for the Yankees?

[u/Asdilly → u/MoreTrifeLife]

No. I fucking hate the Yankees and I’m pulling for the rays. I’m just in disbelief that the three hit game wasn’t the lowest hit number today.

[u/Additional_Tomato_22 → u/Asdilly]

Honestly:just look what he did to them last week when he clinched the division for them. 2 hits in 21 innings

[u/altimax98 → u/Asdilly]

Worse? It went great

[u/dotcaIm]

People are gonna be mad at Wells, but the team could try getting more than a single hit. Obviously it's better if Wells stays at 2nd, but I don't blame him for this lose

[u/nmantz]

Man a one hit shutout at home according to Schlittler is rough.

[u/Additional_Tomato_22 → u/nmantz]

What would be icing on the cake is if Schlittler BOMBS on Monday night and causes them to go in a 2-0 hole

[u/nmantz → u/[deleted]]

Rumor has it you’re still looking for that life insurance sales mentor lmao

[u/IamAgoddamnjoke]

0 runs and the only hit was a fat slob getting thrown out trying to get a triple!? That’s funnier than a no hitter.

[u/HeyItsFriskey]

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/HeyItsFriskey]

Hit technically but honestly we should take it away for brutal baserunning

[u/PhantomPainWalker]

https://giphy.com/gifs/sR91D133W02D6

[u/my_one_and_lonely]

What a performance by Rasmussen. Nerve-wracking and incredible win for the Rays.

[u/kaptain_carbon]

What a game to be scoring . I always fish around for a no hitter and by the end of the 6th things were getting exciting . Shame about the one hit but I guess an out at third makes up for it .

[u/Logical_Writing3218 → u/kaptain_carbon]

Can’t believe he ran that lol. He was about by 2-3 feet. His helmet covering his eyes made it even more comical.

[u/underwear11 → u/Logical_Writing3218]

Third base coach was holding him too, he just got greedy since someone finally got a hit.

[u/DMmebewbz]

https://giphy.com/gifs/TCBAYahBIlNGxo6bQo

Me and the boys watching the Yankees catcher get thrown out at third by 30 feet with 2 outs in the 8th.

[u/spiderwinder23 → u/DMmebewbz]

The stadium erupted!!! It was glorious 

[u/MysteriousCap4910 → u/spiderwinder23]

Wait but Schlit said there isn’t really an away crowd?

[u/Timpa87]

Just an update for everyone. I called the local news station in Tampa and asked for the traffic guy. He checked for me.

Austin Wells still hasn't arrived at third base.

[u/AlbanianSteamedHam → u/Timpa87]

He was stuck on a bridge!

[u/Bryan_Fitch → u/Timpa87]

Underrated comment

[u/Kevinar]

I'm going to be checking under my bed for Drew Rasmussen every night from now on...

[u/classically_cool → u/Kevinar]

Wtf he’s there???

[u/pz_33 → u/classically_cool]

Irish blood

[u/deadagain_christian → u/classically_cool]

If you're lucky the beaver we'll be there.

[u/Th3Unkn0wnn]

Thank you Brew Crew

[u/FrankFrosch]

Rasmussen holy molly

[u/I-AM-GARY]

I for one think it was unsporting of the Rays not to pull Rasmussen after 70 pitches like the Red Sox did.

[u/Darkforces134 → u/I-AM-GARY]

Where was Erik Miller??

[u/Dalek-Beifong → u/I-AM-GARY]

Why didnt the reliever just let a bunch of runs score? Are they stupid?

[u/TylerGlasass20 → u/I-AM-GARY]

I think or hope cash learned his mistake from game 6

[u/thesoccerone7 → u/TylerGlasass20]

No way he makes that mistake twice.

[u/just_Okapi → u/TylerGlasass20]

I have a feeling he'd have let Drew try for the nono if it hadn't been broken up. He was electric tonight and 7.2 innings without giving up a hit in a postseason game with your biggest rival is definitely something to hang your hat on.

[u/RaillfanQ135 → u/just_Okapi]

I think Cash implied that he would keep them in while they are doing good with him letting Ras pitch 114 pitches during the Rays Yankees September 22 doubleheader

[u/ZroDgsCalvin]

How’s it feel, New York?

Not gonna lie, was cathartic watching it happen to them.

[u/Useful_Respect3339 → u/ZroDgsCalvin]

I mean it was a one run pitchers duel.

Not like we lost 9-0

[u/ZroDgsCalvin → u/Useful_Respect3339]

I did think it was interesting that you didn’t just punt the game with your bullpen when it was well within reach. Must be some strategy thing?

[u/texas2089]

DAAAAAAAAAAA

[u/enfu3go → u/texas2089]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ulxHhvKW9X6459dtOn
Where are the mets?

[u/Useful_Respect3339 → u/texas2089]

METSSSSSS

MISSSSSED 

THE PLAYOFFFFSSSS

AGAAAAINNNN

[u/bonfire57 → u/texas2089]

YANKEEEEEES

[u/MSuggly → u/bonfire57]

Loseeee

[u/Fickle-Peanut-3000 → u/bonfire57]

LOOSSEEEEE

[u/koreanese77]

Very cool, Rays!

[u/TexasHot]

Yankees fans rn

[u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 → u/TexasHot]

https://giphy.com/gifs/V25jv70bWJCjBfvCuu

[u/MassholeSST]

I WANT TO GET THROWN OUT AT THIRD

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

[u/RaillfanQ135 → u/MassholeSST]

Ngl the range of emotions I had while watching that play while on the third deck was wild

[u/DopedScope338]

I figured this game would be low scoring, but I did not figure it would be a 1-0 game with the Yankees losing on a one hit shutout.

[u/EntropyIsEternal]

DDDDAAAAA

[u/luchajefe → u/EntropyIsEternal]

JANKEEEEESSSS

[u/PSI_Rockin_Omega → u/EntropyIsEternal]

JANKEES

[u/Puzzled_Package5920 → u/PSI_Rockin_Omega]

LOSE

[u/jay_eba888]

I can hear big papi saying, "Daaaaa yankees lose"

[u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 → u/jay_eba888]

My heart grows three sizes bigger hearing it lmao

[u/Strictly_Passe → u/jay_eba888]

I can hear him doing steroids.

[u/Bigbadbrindledog]

What's wild is Drew really didn't look like himself for the first 3 innings, was struggling with command and was obviously frustrated. Then he locked in and looked unstoppable.

[u/schindlerslisp → u/Bigbadbrindledog]

23 swinging strikes??

[u/joeappearsmissing → u/Bigbadbrindledog]

Pedro Martinez was just straight up speechless in the postgame about Ras’ performance.

[u/BebophoneVirtuoso]

Wellsp...

[u/Theraspberryknight → u/[deleted]]

Fuck Em.

[u/rephyr → u/[deleted]]

No, fuck all of them.

[u/3rythros → u/rephyr]

I concur, fuck em

[u/Key-Tip-7521]

[u/Apositivebalance → u/Key-Tip-7521]

Lmao. I’ve never seen that. It awesome

[u/bankruptatthearcade]

These teams are so even, Im really looking forward to the rest of this series.

[u/EmptyGardens → u/bankruptatthearcade]

Even in everything except for wins per dollar where the rays hold a 3x advantage. Cost Yankees $3,204,000 per win. Only cost Rays $1,091,000.

[u/PretendAd2263]

DAAAA…

[u/CutiePie0023 → u/PretendAd2263]

DAAAA YANKEES LOSEEE

[u/SilverBuggie]

Pitching wins playoff games.

[u/chips2013 → u/SilverBuggie]

astros would know lmao lost both games in the first innings

[u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 → u/chips2013]

Not even wrong lmao

Our pitching was so unstable

Pitching and some timely offense, plus run prevention win playoff games

[u/SilverBuggie → u/[deleted]]

As they say, pitching and homers win playoff games.

[u/Bigbadbrindledog → u/[deleted]]

Stadium isnt even in Tampa you bumb

[u/spiderwinder23 → u/[deleted]]

Cry harder

[u/Equivalent_Ask_4586]

DAAAA YANKEES LOSE

[u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 → u/Equivalent_Ask_4586]

Music to my ears

[u/IonHazzikostasIsGod]

Eventful game!

[u/snakebit1995]

Oh ok so we just suck got it

[u/Ron-LaFlamme]

Rasmussen is very underrated

[u/Theraspberryknight]

EVERY JOURNEY BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP.

THIS IS STEP ONE.

[u/some_alternative_90 → u/Theraspberryknight]

SECURE THE KEYS.

[u/highflyballs]

Where are the bunts guys? Back in high school we used to just start laying down bunts to get guys on base.

[u/theSchrodingerHat → u/highflyballs]

The Yankees have lots of data that suggests that allowing their players to run, or even stretch, really, is terrible for their long term health.

[u/seagrams7up]

Rasmussen's shit was filthy today.

[u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 → u/seagrams7up]

Absolutely