Overview
- The Yankees extended their winning streak to five games, improving their record to 13-7 after a narrow 1-0 win over the Rays on Friday night.
- Carlos Rodón delivered his best outing of the season, pitching six shutout innings, allowing just two hits, and striking out nine batters.
- Paul Goldschmidt went 3-for-4, scored the game’s only run, and made several key defensive plays to preserve the shutout.
- Trent Grisham’s second-inning RBI single proved decisive, while the Yankees' bullpen combined for three scoreless innings to seal the victory.
- The game was played at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees’ spring training facility, which the Rays are using as their home field due to Hurricane Milton damage to Tropicana Field.