Yes, after Luke Scott singled which brought in Desmond Jennings and Matt Zoyce who reached on singles, the Yankees were down 2-0 in the first. Things got worse when Carlos Pena singled and brought home Jason Lobaton after the Yankees were set down in the first, and Matt Joyce homered to right field in the third after both sides were held scoreless in the second. In the fourth inning Curtis Granderson singled and scored on an Andruw Jones single to make it 4-1 Rays, followed by an Eduardo Nunez single that scored Jones.
Both teams were held scoreless in the fifth and Luke Scott doubled home Ben Zobrist in the 6th, followed closely by a Desmond Jennings RBI single.
The Yankees were held scoreless in the 7th before Evan Longoria hit what appeared to be a home run, but was ruled a fan interference after replay. Longoria was credited with an RBI double as Carlos Pena scored to make it 8-2 Rays and absolutely bury any hopes of the Yankees winning. Clay Rapada walked the lefties who faced him before being pulled for Cory Wade, who retired the Rays without allowing another run.
In the eighth inning, Nick Swisher worked a leadoff, four pitch walk and Robinson Cano hit a long double to put runners on second and third with no outs. However, A-Rod popped out, and Teixeria grounded into "the shift", and the inning ended.
Cory Wade got Reid Brignac to line out to Swisher in right-center field and then followed up by striking out Dave Jennings swinging, and then struck out Carlos Pena to end the eighth inning.
The Yankees "last gasp" came in the top of the ninth when Curtis Granderson drilled a LONG triple to right-center field, and Raul Ibanez worked a full count before lining out when pinch-hitting for Andruw Jones. On the play, Granderson scored and made the score 8-3 in a meaningless effort. Russell Martin walked and Eric Chavez lined a single while pinch-hitting for Nunez.
Peralta came on to pitch and promptly struck out Derek Jeter before Nick Swisher launched a 3-run bomb into the right field seats with two outs! 8-6 Rays. Robinson Cano worked a walk to bring up A-Rod as the tying run. Fernando Rodney came on and retired A-Rod and the Yankees fell to 0-2, falling to the Rays 8-6.
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