Starting for the first time in his career did nothing to turn around a sub-standard season for Tampa Bay left-hander Jose Alvarado. Maybe a doctor's exam will provide answers why the hard-throwing reliever has lost his effectiveness. Alvarado retired only one batter before being lifted in the first inning, Austin Pruitt allowed three home runs and the Rays fell to the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 Saturday night. read more https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401076678
The O's are valuable to the Yankees as this 019 team is HR plate meat for us and as an additional benefit they, in turn, are Ray killers.
