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07/08 20:19 CDT Rays beat the Yankees 3-0 to extend AL East lead to 5 games
Rays beat the Yankees 3-0 to extend AL East lead to 5 games
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- Jonathan Aranda drove in three runs, Shane
McClanahan pitched 6 1/3 innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York
Yankees 3-0 on Wednesday night to extend their AL East lead to five games.
McClanahan (8-5) scattered four hits and struck out five without a walk on 85
pitches. He had his longest outing of the season and his second consecutive
start without giving up a run. Bryan Baker struck out the side in the ninth
inning for his 25th save.
The Rays have struck out the Yankees 45 times in the first three games of the
series.
Aranda had an RBI single in the third inning off Gerrit Cole (3-4) that scored
Yandy Diaz, an RBI double in the fifth inning off Cole that plated Nick Fortes
and added another RBI in the seventh against Fernando Cruz when Taylor Walls
scored on a sacrifice fly.
Diaz went 4-for-4 with a run and raised his batting average to .327.
Cole was charged with three runs over 6 1/3 innings. He gave up seven hits,
struck out six and walked one on 97 pitches.
New York has lost 11 of its past 13 games.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone and bench coach Brad Ausmus were both ejected in
the sixth inning.
Up next
The Yankees will start an opener against Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen (7-4, 2.78) on
Thursday in the series finale.
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