Harper: Jeter's silent treatment speaks volumes  —  Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter strikes out in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays.  He goes 0-for-4 on the night with two more strikeouts as his chase of Lou Gehrig continues to stall.  —  In a world where the Yankees almost never lose anymore …

Game 140: Rays at Yankees (updated with Robertson injury news)  —  YANKEES (89-50)  —  Pitching: RHP Chad Gaudin (1-0, 4.08).  —  RAYS (72-66)  —  Bartlett SS  —  Crawford LF  —  Longoria 3B  —  Zobrist CF  —  Burrell DH  —  Richard 1B  —  Zaun C  —  Gross RF  —  Iwamura 2B

The magic number is ...  Derek Jeter did not make himself available to the media after the game, which is very unusual for him.  He is hitless in 12 at-bats for the first time this season.  David Price became the first pitcher to strike Jeter out three times in a game since Curt Schilling in on April 19, 2004 at Fenway Park.

Discovering Derek is scout's honor for Groch  —  Dick Groch still has the reports he filed as a scout watching Derek Jeter play in high school.  They read: “Five-tool player, blue-chipper, a Yankee,” Groch says.  Groch wrote that Jeter would “come into Yankee Stadium, compete at a championship level with high performance.