Hicks benched in Yankees’ loss to Rays after missing 2 flyballs

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New York Yankees 2, Tampa Bay Rays 4

Aaron Hicks was taken out of the game in the middle of the fourth inning after he failed to catch two balls hit to left field that led to run-scoring doubles. The Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Friday night to pull within 3 1/2 games in the AL East.

Randy Arozarena hit a double that scored a run in the first inning off of Frankie Montas (5-12), putting the Rays in front for good.

In the fourth inning, Wander Franco hit a drive with two outs and two runners on that dropped out of Hicks’ glove along the foul line in left field just before the wall. Hicks hung his head down for a few seconds because he thought he had caught the ball and the drive was out. Before he moved and picked up the ball, two runs had already been scored.

A sold-out crowd of 46,160 people at Yankee Stadium booed Hicks on the same night that former captain Derek Jeter was honored before the game.

The next pitch was hit by Arozarena to the left, and Hicks took a bad route on a hard fly. The ball dropped behind him on the warning track, and Franco scored to give his team a 4-0 lead.

At the start of the fifth,