NEW YORK -- Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz left Sunday's game against the New York Yankees after the first inning with left groin tightness.
Diaz extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a leadoff double and took third on a groundout by Wander Franco. As he advanced, Diaz slipped running past the bag but stayed in and scored on a Brandon Lowe groundout.
After the Rays batted, Diaz was replaced by Issac Paredes.
Diaz hit his first career grand slam off Nestor Cortes during Tampa Bay's five-run fifth in Saturday's 9-8 loss and is batting .333 (15 for 45) during his hitting streak.
Diaz, who has led off in 38 games this year, tops leadoff hitters with a .321 average to go along with 10 homers and 24 RBIs.





