New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays — Apr 12, 2026 | Predicție AI și statistici

Expect a crisp duel between two in-form right-handers. Drew Rasmussen’s elite command should keep New York quiet early, but Aaron Judge’s third-inning solo blast sneaks over the left-center wall to open the scoring. Tampa Bay answers in the fourth when Yandy Díaz ropes a double and scores on Jonathan Aranda’s sharp single. The middle innings tilt toward the Rays: Chandler Simpson manufactures a sixth-inning run with a bunt single, two swipes of second and third, and a Nick Fortes sac fly, giving Tampa Bay a 2-1 edge. Cam Schlittler exits after six with seven strikeouts and the Yankees still close. Once the bullpens take over, New York’s depth shows. Fernando Cruz works a clean seventh while Ben Rice cracks an opposite-field RBI double off a tiring Griffin Jax to level the game at 2-2. In the eighth, Tim Hill faces the heart of the Rays’ order and retires two, then Camilo Doval overpowers Junior Caminero to strand a runner. The momentum shift comes in the top half: Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger draw walks off Cole Sulser, and Paul Goldschmidt laces a two-run double down the left-field line for a 4-2 Yankees lead. David Bednar makes it interesting, surrendering a leadoff single and a Díaz RBI ground-rule double in the ninth, but he blows a 99-mph heater past Aranda to strand the tying run at third. With Rasmussen and Schlittler essentially canceling each other out, late-inning bullpen quality and New York’s power core give the division-leaders a narrow 4-3 victory and halt Tampa Bay’s mini-streak.