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NEW YORK -- The Yankees have gone from perennial to millennials. Dennis Eckersley Jersey .With a postseason berth a longshot for a team accustomed to constant contention, New Yorks pivot to youth quickened Sunday. A 22-year-old pitcher was surrounded by a catcher and third baseman of 23, first baseman and right fielder of 24, and second baseman, shortstop and left fielder of 26.Not since the final day of the 1967 season had New Yorks lineup card included that many players yet to turn 27.Jacoby was an old man today, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said, a reference to 32-year-old center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, the elder in his starting lineup.There will be growing pains for the Baby Bombers, as evidenced by the Tampa Bay Rays 12-3 victory.Corey Dickerson hit a three-run homer off Luis Severino, and Evan Longoria added a three-run double against reliever Luis Cessa to cap a six-run fourth inning that put the Rays ahead 8-1. Severino (1-8) was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 10 minutes after the final out.Its frustrating to get sent up and down, but to be really successful at this level, you have to have a lot of mental toughness, and this is part of it, Girardi said. You have to able to fight through adversity.New Yorks four-game winning streak was stopped and the Yankees (60-57) dropped 4 1/2 games back for the ALs second wild card, failing in their attempt to move five games over .500 for the first time this season.On Saturday, Aaron Judge and Tyler Austin, both 24, became the first teammates to hit home runs in their first big league at-bats in the same game, a feat that led the Hall of Fame to request their bats.On another hot and steamy afternoon, Judge had an opposite-field homer over the right-field scoreboard in the third inning off Jake Odorizzi (7-5). Judge joined Joe Lefebvre (May 22-23, 1980) as the only players to homer for the Yankees in their first two big league games. One inning later, 23-year-old Gary Sanchez hit his second home run since he was brought up on Aug. 3.Its a lot of fun to watch these guys come up and have the little bit of success theyve had early on these first couple of days, said Brett Gardner, who missed his second straight game due to a swollen right ankle.After honoring reliever Mariano Rivera in a pregame ceremony to unveil his Monument Park plaque, New York started rookies in the 6-through-9 slots of its batting order. The lineups average age 26 years, 165 days was down from 31 years, 303 days from this seasons opener.Theyve always kind of been a veteran ballclub, Rays manager Kevin Cash said, but right now theyre young. So were still learning a lot of things about them.Severino allowed seven runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings, leaving him with a 7.19 ERA. The Yankees think he can again become a consistent starter and do not intend to shift him to the bullpen.He told me that I had to work on my changeup, the right-hander said after meeting with Girardi.Severino was 5-3 with a 2.89 ERA as a rookie in the final two months of last season. Now he is the first Yankee to lose six straight starts since Kevin Brown in 2004-05.I think his slider is better than it was last year, Girardi said, but they find your weaknesses very quickly at this level because of all the video and they see you.Judge and Austin are in the position now that Severino was last summer. Austin received 150-something text messages after Saturdays game. Judge said his message total also was in the triple digits, one of them from the family in Alaska that hosted him during summer ball five years ago.I dont think you can expect a homer every day. I think that would be a record, Girardi said, laughing. It seems like every time he hits the ball in the air, people get excited.LEFT BEHINDTwo days after his final game with the Yankees, Alex Rodriguezs gear and personal belongings were still in his locker along with his nameplate and No. 13 on his chair.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: 1B Mark Teixeira was out of the lineup for the second straight day. Girardi said Teixeira was banged up and could use consecutive days off. ... RHP Bryan Mitchell (left big toe), on the DL since spring training, allowed three runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings for Tampa at Daytona on Saturday night in his second rehab start.UP NEXTYankees: RHP Chad Green (1-2) will be recalled from Scranton to start Mondays series opener against Toronto and R.A. Dickey (8-12). Green, who had been sent down Aug. 4, will be making his fifth start and ninth appearance of the year for New York. Felipe Alou Jersey .ca! Hi Kerry, Its another day and here we are looking at another dubious hit to the head. In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious. Denny Mclain Athletics Jersey . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. https:///...ersey-athletics.html .25 million option on reliever Jose Veras. PHILADELPHIA -- Neil Walker said the first game after the All-Star game always can be a little tough. The Mets second baseman made things a little easier, though, with one powerful swing.Walker hit a three-run home run and Juan Lagares also went deep to lead the New York Mets to a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.I think this is one of the hardest games of the year, the first game after the All-Star break, Walker said. Basically four days of not much of anything. Usually the first couple of innings go pretty quick because youre getting your rhythm back.Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits for the Mets, who snapped a three-game losing streak. New York won without All-Star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, who missed his third straight game with a right quad strain. Lagares started in his place.Peter Bourjos had an RBI triple for Philadelphia, which had won 10 of 13 prior to the break.Bartolo Colon (8-4), one of four Mets chosen for the All-Star game, started out sensational before a rocky sixth inning ended his night early.He really pitched well, Mets manager Terry Collins said.Jeurys Familia pitched a scoreless ninth for his 32nd save while extending his club record for consecutive saves to 48, dating back to last Aug. 1. Collins, who managed the NL All-Star team, didnt call on his closer to pitch in Tuesdays All-Star game.Jeremy Hellickson (6-7) was roughed up for four runs and seven hits in six innings.New York, which entered second in the NL in home runs, upped its season total to 124. The Mets are particularly fond of Citizens Bank Park, where they have cleared the fences 14 times in four games this season.Colon was perfect through 4 1/3 innings until Cameron Rupps one-out single to center. Colon was still rolling along with one out in the sixth when first baseman James Loney went to his right for a nifty stop of Odubel Herreras grounder. Loneys throw to Colon, who was covering first, went over the pitchers head. Loney was charged with an error although it looked as if Colon should have made the catch.The Phillies capitalized by scoring three unearned runs in the inning on Bourjos triple, Maikel Francos groundout and Cody Asches single.Colon departed with two outs in the inning and ended up allowingg three unearned runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Rick Monday Jersey. Everything worked out, Colon said through an interpreter. I just got a little tired.The 43-year-old right-hander is 5-1 with a 2.56 ERA in his last 10 starts.Colons tough, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. Hes not the guy I wanted to see, coming out of the break, because hes such a good pitcher. He knows what hes doing, and he just kind of stifled us for a while there.Lagares led off the third by hitting the first pitch over the fence in left-center for his third homer of the season, giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.New York went in front 4-0 in the sixth on Walkers three-run homer. It was the 16th homer of the season for the Mets second baseman, tying his mark for all of last season. The homer drew loud cheers from the large contingent of Mets fans, who made Citizens Bank Park sound more like Citi Field at times with their chants of Lets go Mets! Lets go Mets!After Philadelphia closed within a run in the bottom of the inning, New York took a two-run lead in the seventh as Lagares scored on Jose Reyes grounder, sliding under Rupps tag at home.TRADE BAITHellickson, thought to be a pitcher a contender may consider at the July 31 trading deadline, hadnt allowed a homer in three straight games, going 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA before Fridays start.The right-hander said the trade rumors are hard to ignore at times.Yeah, its on my mind, just when I see it on Twitter and talk to (the media) about it, Hellickson said. Other than that, Im focused every day on doing what I have to do for the next start. Like Ive said all along, I love it here and would love to be here the rest of the year, but obviously Ive been through it before and know that side of the game. My focus is here and on my next start right now.STREAKINGBourjos has reached base safely in 22 consecutive games, which is the longest streak by any Phillies player this season.TRAINERS ROOMMets: Collins said Cespedes is day to day, and was available to pinch-hit on Friday.UP NEXTMets RHP Logan Verrett (3-6, 4.34) opposes RHP Jerad Eickhoff (6-10, 3.80) on Saturday night. ' ' '