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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Yankees had a ball Thursday afternoon that blew the Tampa Bay Rays on a morning getaway to Tropicana Field, where a midfielder message made everyone moody.
Everyone in the abyss of the Yankees and the depression became furious when the receiver Austin Romine was knocked out by a fast ball from the reliever Andrew Kittredge who missed his head in the sixth inning after his 12-1 defeat .
In the midst of his best start to the season, southpaw CC Sabathia seemed more angry than anyone who came out of the dugout canoe to the Rays, who responded in the same way for seeing two of their players in their last two games.
"Whenever your player's safety is threatened, I think all guys are against it," Sabathia said. "We all did it."
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The configuration, part 1
Five players were hit by throws in the first three games of this four-game set, including center Kevin Kiermaier in the first leg of Wednesday's game when the left-handed batter was hit inside slider starter Yankees Masahiro Tanaka .
It was certainly not intentional for Tanaka, who was in full heat where the Rays scored three points to erase a 3-0 lead of the Yankees.
Kiermaier seemed to be in pain at first, but he stayed in the game in the third inning before leaving to get a kick out.
X-rays revealed a fracture, which ended the championship season two days after the elimination of the Rays and four days before the final of the season.
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The configuration, part 2
The Rays never responded to Kiermaier's injury on Wednesday, but decided they needed to do something in the middle of Thursday's game when Sabathia hit first-rookie Jake Bauers in the hand with two outs in the fifth handle. .
The Sabathia throw was inside, but not far from the plate and Bauers seemed to be touched only because he was reacting late.
"CC has no intention there," said Yankees reliever Dellin Betances. "He throws a toss of jam and a weight is out and (Bauers) has barely moved."
Bauers first felt some pain, but he shook and played the whole game.