The Yankees won the first game of the day night doubleheader

In the first game of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Yankees won a 2–0 shutout. The win meant the Yankees still have a slim chance at winning the division since any loss in this series against Tampa Bay means that the Rays will clinch the AL East division title.

This was a makeup game from a rainout on May 23 at Yankee Stadium. This game took just two hours and two minutes to complete. It is very rare that a Major League game is over in less that two hours and five minutes. The pitch clock and limiting the amount of pickoff throws have cut down the length of games by more than 25 minutes but it is still very infrequent that a game will finish as fast as the first game of this doubleheader finished. After this win, the Yankees are five games behind the Rays in the AL East with six games to play.

The Yankees had three shutout wins in their first five games of the season and they now have a total of 15 shutouts this season. The Yankees are now 4–6 against Tampa Bay this season with three games left in this series. Carlos Rodon pitched well yet again in this game as he threw eight scoreless innings while striking out eight batters, only allowing three hits and not allowing a walk. Rodon now has a 2.67 ERA in 16 starts this season. He has allowed two runs or less in each of his last eight starts to lower his ERA from 3.30 to 2.67.

Rodon threw 65 of his 96 pitches for strikes and threw a first pitch strike to 15 of the 25 batters he faced…