Asked to get the last out of the seventh inning, David Carpenter walked Tim Beckham to allow Rene Rivera to come up as the tying run. He induced a ground ball from Rivera though, as the Yankees went on to win 4-1 over the Rays.
Fantasy Impact
Carpenter, acquired with Chasen Shreve from the Braves, has had a decent start with the Yankees, pitching eight innings and allowing five hits and three runs while striking out five and walking three. The strikeout and walk numbers are troublesome, though; the Yankees' bullpen combined strikeouts per nine excluding Carpenter is 10.96 and they have only have walked 20 batters in 56 2/3 innings. Carpenter is a useful option out of the bullpen, especially if he creeps back to a strikeout per inning, but is not worthy of a fantasy spot since he is not even the set-up man for the Yankees.