The Yankees' troubles at Tropicana Field are no secret, but add Oakland Coliseum to the list as the new baseball horror house for New York. The recent series sweep by the A's was ugly.
The Yankees recently lost two of three in Baltimore. The Rays struggled in Toronto and lost two of three. Here is a series preview in Tampa Bay between the Yankees and Rays.
New York enters Tampa Bay in first place in the AL East by just a half game over Boston...
The Yankees topped Tampa Bay in game two of a three-game series 4-2. What seemed like a potential Rays sweep after game one and Matt Moore's dominating performance while CC Sabathia struggled could now be a Yankees series win, their fifth straight.
Over the weekend the Tampa Bay Rays welcomed in cute little Avril Lavigne to perform at their summer concert series, too bad they didn't realize what a foul mouthed girl she actually is.