{"id":20829,"date":"2026-05-23T03:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/cole-throws-6-scoreless-innings-in-return-rays-rally-past-yankees-4-2-for-16th-win-in-19-games\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T03:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:42:04","slug":"cole-throws-6-scoreless-innings-in-return-rays-rally-past-yankees-4-2-for-16th-win-in-19-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/cole-throws-6-scoreless-innings-in-return-rays-rally-past-yankees-4-2-for-16th-win-in-19-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole throws 6 scoreless innings in return, Rays rally past Yankees 4-2 for 16th win in 19 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Gerrit Cole pitched six scoreless innings in his return from elbow ligament replacement surgery but shortstop Jos&eacute; Caballero&rsquo;s error led to a four-run eighth inning that boosted the Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees 4-2 on Friday night for their 16th win in 19 games.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Wells homered for the first time since April 28, a fifth-inning drive off Nick Martinez, before Tampa Bay rallied to deal the Yankees their third straight loss and 10th in 14 games. The Rays, a big league-best 34-15, are 4-0 against the Yankees and opened a 5 1\/2-game AL East lead over New York<\/p>\n<p>Yankees star Aaron Judge went 0 for 4 with a game-ending flyout to the center-field warning track with a man on and is in 1-for-24 slide that dropped his average to .245. Judge has gone a career-high 11 games without any RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>A 35-year-old right-hander who had surgery in March 2025, Cole allowed two hits and three walks while striking out two. The six-time All-Star and the 2023 AL Cy Young Award averaged 96.1 mph with his four-seam fastball.<\/p>\n<p>Caballero, back at shortstop after missing 10 days with a broken finger, allowed Chandler Simpson&rsquo;s one-hopper to bounce off his glove leading of the eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Junior Caminero singled off Tim Hill (0-2), Jonathan Aranda followed with an RBI double and Yandy D&iacute;az was intentionally walked. Richie Palacios hit a comebacker that could have been a 1-2-3 double play but the ball bounced off the glove of a leaping Hill, over Caballero and into center for a two-run single. Ryan Vilade added a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Ian Seymour (3-0) allowed Jazz Chisholm Jr.&rsquo;s RBI triple in the eighth and Bryan Baker got three outs for his 14th save in 17 chances.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay&rsquo;s Jonny DeLuca hurt his right hamstring while running to first on a seventh-inning single, then left after having trouble going from first to third on Cedric Mullins&rsquo; double. Rays manager Kevin Cash said DeLuca likely will be put on the injured list &mdash; the outfielder didn&rsquo;t play for the Rays after Aug. 6 last year because of left hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>Trent Grisham, who missed Thursday&rsquo;s game because of a sore knee, had three hits for the Yankees.<\/p>\n<h2>Up next<\/h2>\n<p>Yankees RHP Ryan Weathers (2-, 3.58) and Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen (4-1, 3.19) were scheduled to start Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Source<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Cole throws 6 scoreless innings in return, Rays rally past Yankees 4-2 for 16th win in 19 games<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Gerrit Cole pitched six scoreless innings in his return from elbow ligament replacement surgery but shortstop Jos&eacute; Caballero&rsquo;s error led to a four-run eighth inning that boosted the Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees 4-2 on Friday night for their 16th win in 19 games. Austin Wells homered for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/cole-throws-6-scoreless-innings-in-return-rays-rally-past-yankees-4-2-for-16th-win-in-19-games\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Cole throws 6 scoreless innings in return, Rays rally past Yankees 4-2 for 16th win in 19 games&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}