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Never would have anticipated Gerrit Cole having a bad outing when all the signs pointed to a Yankees' win with Cole on the mound and Aaron Hicks getting his first extra base hit of the season.

Yankees’ Aaron Hicks encouraged by first extra-base hit of 2023 against Rays

With his roster spot potentially in question in the coming days, Aaron Hicks showed signs of life Sunday.

The outfielder recorded his first extra-base hit of the season, an RBI double, which was part of a six-run lead the Yankees built up before falling to the Rays, 8-7 in 10 innings, at Tropicana Field.

“I’m feeling better at the plate,” said Hicks, who went 1-for-4 with a walk to raise his average to .143 and OPS to .374. “Been making better contact. Now it’s all about getting hits and results.”

https://nypost.com/2023/05/07/yankees-aaron-hicks-encouraged-by-1st-extra-base-hit-of-2023/

[BullNBear52]

So many things went wrong yesterday they looked like a t-ball team.

Hats off to Boone for not paying attention to the pitch count and how Cole was pitching. That makes 2 bad moves by Boone and Blake in a week giving away games they should have won.

Boone said that he regretted a slow hook on Cole.

“In hindsight, I probably should have gotten him,” Boone said.

Torres trying to get an out at 2B while crawling around on his knees. Then a bad throw to 3rd.

And speaking of Hicks if the game was at the Stadium he would have needed a police escort out of the stadium. At least wait till the SS commits to 1B before going home.

I'll give Cordero a pass. Trevino told him to go to 1B.

Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.

Casey Stengel