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September 25, 2010, Saturday
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The Tampa Bay Rays erupted for seven runs in the sixth inning en route to a 10-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday and moved within one-half game of New York for first place in the AL East.
The sixth-inning outburst that erased a 3-1 New York lead came against Yankees ace CC Sabathia and reliever Joba Chamberlain, who yielded a two-run double by B.J. Upton and a two-run single from Carl Crawford.
The win earned the Rays a split of the four-game series in the Bronx after dropping the first two in the last regular-season meeting between the clubs with 10 days now left in the campaign.
"I really like the way we played tonight. Everybody contributed," said Rays manager Joe Maddon. "Being down two to zero in this place and coming back and win the last two like we did says something about our group."
Tampa Bay left-hander David Price notched the win to improve to 18-6, while Sabathia slipped to 20-7.
The Rays, who lost the first two games of the series, also gained a tiebreaker edge by clinching the season series against the Yankees 10-8. Should they finish the season tied with New York, Tampa Bay would be crowned AL East champions.
"Basically we're back to where we started on April 1st, with a lot less games to play," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi.
In other AL games, it was: Blue Jays 1, Mariners 0; Royals 4, Indians 2; and Athletics 5, Rangers 0.
In the National League, it was: Cardinals 9, Pirates 2; Nationals 7, Astros 2; Giants 13, Cubs 0; Brewers 8, Marlins 3; Diamondbacks 10, Rockies 9; and Dodgers 3, Padres 1.
In Chicago, Juan Uribe hit a grand slam and a two-run homer in a nine-run second inning as the San Francisco Giants trounced the Chicago Cubs 13-0.
San Francisco moved into first place in the NL West after the Padres lost to the Dodgers.
In Phoenix, Steven Drew homered and had four RBIs and Kelly Johnson hit a two-run shot as Arizona held off Colorado to complete a three-game sweep of the fading Rockies.
The sixth-inning outburst that erased a 3-1 New York lead came against Yankees ace CC Sabathia and reliever Joba Chamberlain, who yielded a two-run double by B.J. Upton and a two-run single from Carl Crawford.
The win earned the Rays a split of the four-game series in the Bronx after dropping the first two in the last regular-season meeting between the clubs with 10 days now left in the campaign.
"I really like the way we played tonight. Everybody contributed," said Rays manager Joe Maddon. "Being down two to zero in this place and coming back and win the last two like we did says something about our group."
Tampa Bay left-hander David Price notched the win to improve to 18-6, while Sabathia slipped to 20-7.
The Rays, who lost the first two games of the series, also gained a tiebreaker edge by clinching the season series against the Yankees 10-8. Should they finish the season tied with New York, Tampa Bay would be crowned AL East champions.
"Basically we're back to where we started on April 1st, with a lot less games to play," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi.
In other AL games, it was: Blue Jays 1, Mariners 0; Royals 4, Indians 2; and Athletics 5, Rangers 0.
In the National League, it was: Cardinals 9, Pirates 2; Nationals 7, Astros 2; Giants 13, Cubs 0; Brewers 8, Marlins 3; Diamondbacks 10, Rockies 9; and Dodgers 3, Padres 1.
In Chicago, Juan Uribe hit a grand slam and a two-run homer in a nine-run second inning as the San Francisco Giants trounced the Chicago Cubs 13-0.
San Francisco moved into first place in the NL West after the Padres lost to the Dodgers.
In Phoenix, Steven Drew homered and had four RBIs and Kelly Johnson hit a two-run shot as Arizona held off Colorado to complete a three-game sweep of the fading Rockies.
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