The Yankees found it “definitely a little bit odd” to occupy the visitors’ side of their spring facility on Thursday evening, as manager Aaron Boone put it, describing his team’s first experiences underneath the third-base grandstands of George M.

Oswaldo Cabrera hit a solo homer and Ben Rice had four hits and two RBIs as the visiting New York Yankees opened a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 6-3 win on Thursday night.

There's usually some drama when AL East teams square off, and Thursday night's game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays was no different. With the Yankees leading 6-3 in the top of the seventh,

New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm was ejected from Thursday night's 6-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays (box score) after disagreeing with a strikeout call from home-plate umpire John Bacon.

MLB fined New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. and suspended him for one game for his comments about the umpires in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Randy Miller of NJ Advance Media confirmed the punishment doled out by the league.

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