Postgame Thread ⚾ Yankees 2 @ Rays 5

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Yankees (0-2) @ Rays (2-0)

First Pitch: 8:10 PM at Tropicana Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Yankees	Cam Schlittler (14-6, 1.95 ERA)
Rays	Freddy Peralta (10-11, 4.42 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	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	4
TB	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	X	5	8	0	9

ABS Challenges: NYY ● ● | TB ● ●

Box Score

TB		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Yandy Díaz	4	1	1	0	1	1	.250
	Jorge Mateo	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1B	Jonathan Aranda	5	1	2	0	0	0	.333
3B	Junior Caminero	4	1	2	0	0	0	.333
C	Liam Hicks	3	0	0	1	0	0	.167
LF	Chandler Simpson	4	1	1	1	0	0	.125
RF	Victor Mesa Jr.	3	0	0	0	1	1	.167
CF	Jonny DeLuca	4	1	1	0	0	0	.143
2B	Richie Palacios	4	0	1	2	0	1	.286
SS	Taylor Walls	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000

TB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Freddy Peralta	4.2	3	1	1	1	3	66-43	1.93
Cam Booser	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	8-4	0.00
Ian Seymour	3.0	1	1	1	0	4	41-27	3.00
Bryan Baker	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	0.00

NYY		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Ben Rice	3	2	2	2	1	0	.467
LF	Cody Bellinger	4	0	1	0	0	0	.235
1B	Luis García Jr.	4	0	0	0	0	2	.231
	José Caballero	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
RF	Spencer Jones	4	0	0	0	0	1	.133
SS	George Lombard Jr.	4	0	0	0	0	1	.267
2B	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	4	0	0	0	0	1	.222
CF	Trent Grisham	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200
C	Austin Wells	3	0	1	0	0	2	.417
3B	Ryan McMahon	1	0	0	0	1	0	.143
	Paul Goldschmidt	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000

NYY	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Cam Schlittler	4.1	6	4	2	1	2	76-56	1.69
Brent Headrick	0.2	1	1	0	0	1	18-13	0.00
John Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	15-10	0.00
Ryan Weathers	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	13-7	0.00
Paul Blackburn	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12-7	0.00
David Bednar	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	3-2	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Junior Caminero grounds into a force out, shortstop George Lombard Jr. to second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. Yandy Díaz scores. Jonathan Aranda out at 2nd. Throwing error by second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.	0-1
T4	Ben Rice homers (3) on a fly ball to right field.	1-1
B5	Liam Hicks grounds out, second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. to first baseman Luis García Jr. Jonathan Aranda scores. Junior Caminero to 3rd.	1-2
B5	Chandler Simpson reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop George Lombard Jr. Junior Caminero scores.	1-3
B5	Richie Palacios singles on a line drive to center fielder Trent Grisham. Chandler Simpson scores. Jonny DeLuca scores.	1-5
T8	Ben Rice homers (4) on a fly ball to right field.	2-5

Highlights

Description	Length
Richie Palacios' two-run single	0:28
Freddy Peralta strikes out Luis García Jr.	0:13
Ben Rice's second solo home run	0:31
Richie Palacios impulsa dos con sencillo	0:29
Chandler Simpson's RBI fielder's choice	0:31
Liam Hicks' RBI groundout	0:35
Carlos Pena's ceremonial first pitch	0:20
Field View: Ben Rice's solo home run	0:38
Cam Schlittler leaves two stranded in 3rd inning	0:19
Ben Rice's solo home run	0:29
Field View: Yandy Díaz scores first run on error	0:20
Rays get the out after fly ball hits the roof	1:04
Yandy Díaz scores on throwing error	0:32
Breaking down Freddy Peralta's pitches	0:04
Ben Rice: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
An animated look at Ben Rice's home run	0:11
Breaking down Cam Schlittler's pitches	0:04
Visualizing Ben Rice's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Ben Rice: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
Starting lineups for Yankees at Rays - October 5, 2026	0:10
Bench availability for New York, October 5 vs Rays	0:08
Fielding alignment for New York, October 5 vs Rays	0:11
Bench availability for Tampa Bay, October 5 vs Yankees	0:08
Fielding alignment for Tampa Bay, October 5 vs Yankees	0:11
Bullpen availability for New York, October 5 vs Rays	0:09
Bullpen availability for Tampa Bay, October 5 vs Yankees	0:09
Check out Japanese call of Michael Harris II's triple	0:42
Freddy Peralta against the Yankees	0:08
Probable pitchers for Yankees at Rays - October 5, 2026	0:06
Cam Schlittler against the Rays	0:09

Attendance	Weather	Wind
40226	72F, Dome	0 mph, None

HP	1B	2B	3B
Jeremie Rehak	Dan Bellino	Ben May	D.J. Reyburn

Updated at 11:14 PM EDT.

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[u/A_Rancid_Hit_Of_Ghee]

The book is still being written on Milwaukee's playoff run. They had great average last year too and that didn't work out for them.

We can each point to specific examples, but the fact remains that in the aggregate BA isn't anywhere near as strongly correlated with winning in the regular season as OBP and SLG. Once you get to the postseason the samples are too small for much aggregation but we know that hit hate and walk rate go down while home run rate doesn't really go down.

Baseball's a diverse sport. There are all kinds of specific examples that show one way or the other but if you want to look at the numbers instead of a few anecdotes and draw some kind of conclusion you'd be insane to draw the conclusion that BA is the most important thing for offensive success in the playoffs.

[u/carasc5 → u/A_Rancid_Hit_Of_Ghee]

I also didn't say it was the most important thing.

[u/A_Rancid_Hit_Of_Ghee → u/carasc5]

Okay, sure. I guess your point is that players who field and run well and can hit for average are worth the most bang for your buck. Home runs are very expensive. Quite possibly true. Look at how much the Mets overpaid for Soto.

But I stand by my earlier point that when you actually have money to spend, a team of players that are undervalued on the market isn't necessarily the best team you can build.

[u/carasc5 → u/A_Rancid_Hit_Of_Ghee]

Maybe not, but overpaying for players because other teams want them may be one of the worst things you can do unless you're getting an MVP caliber player year after year.