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The New York Yankees dropped Game 1 of the American League Division Series to the Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 1-0 on Saturday night. The Yankees were held without a hit until deep into the eighth inning, managing only one hit on a play where Austin Wells attempted to stretch a double into a triple but was thrown out by the Rays.
Before the game, however, five-time World Series champion and MLB legend Derek Jeter offered a bold prediction about his former team's postseason fate. Speaking on the Fox Sports MLB pregame show ahead of the second Division Series game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves, Jeter shared his World Series pick.
Unsurprisingly, the Yankees loyalist forecasted that New York would capture the World Series, but he chose the San Diego Padres as their opponent. The Padres are a somewhat unexpected National League representative, as they hold the lowest remaining seed in the NL.
Jeter's former Yankees teammate and Fox Sports colleague Alex Rodriguez also predicted a Yankees World Series victory, though he selected the defending back-to-back champion Los Angeles Dodgers as New York's challenger. As reported by Anthony Rieber of Newsday Sports, Jeter picked the Yankees over the Padres, while Rodriguez picked the Yankees over the Dodgers during the Fox pregame show before Saturday's Atlanta-Dodgers matchup.
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Looking ahead, the Yankees now face a must-win situation in Game 2, trailing 1-0 in the best-of-five series. They will send their ace, right-hander Cam Schlittler, to the mound. A loss would put them down 0-2, making a comeback against a Rays team that rarely makes mistakes extremely difficult. Game 2 is scheduled for Monday night at 8 p.m. ET, following the other ALDS matchup between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians.
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