{"id":420035,"date":"2026-10-06T08:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420035\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T08:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:48:11","slug":"heroes-zeros-from-yankees-game-2-loss-to-rays-richie-palacios-opened-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420035\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes, zeros from Yankees Game 2 loss to Rays: Richie Palacios opened it up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heroes, zeros and the inside pitch from the Yankees\u2019 5-2 loss to the Rays<\/a> in Game 2 of the ALDS in St. Petersburg, Fla: \u00a0<\/p>\n

Hero<\/p>\n

Old-school baseball. Baseball\u2019s best team at putting the ball in play struck out just four times total in a game started by Cam Schlittler<\/a>, putting constant pressure on a Yankees defense that wilted.<\/p>\n

\"TampaRays second baseman Richie Palacios #1 hits a two-run RBI, in the fifth inning. Charles Wenzelberg for New York Post<\/p>\n

Zero<\/p>\n

The entire Yankees defense. Misplays, four of which were scored as errors, from (in order) Ryan McMahon, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Austin Wells, Spencer Jones, George Lombard Jr., Lombard again and Luis Garc\u00eda Jr. led to three unearned runs and one of the ugliest playoff performances<\/a> you will see.<\/p>\n

Unsung Hero<\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s Richie Palacios knocked a two-run single in the fifth inning that created far too much distance for a Yankees lineup that has not solved Rays pitching (apart from Ben Rice).<\/p>\n

Key Stat<\/p>\n

4: Errors by the Yankees \u2014 and they probably should have been charged with five \u2014 which tied with the second most in franchise postseason history<\/p>\n

Quote<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a rough ride back, but you\u2019ve got to find out what you\u2019re made of. It\u2019s gut-check time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Aaron Boone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heroes, zeros and the inside pitch from the Yankees\u2019 5-2 loss to the Rays in Game 2 of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3817,163001,3821,110,135,3815,137,136],"class_list":["post-420035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sports","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}