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Josh Donaldson hit a game-ending grand slam in the 10th inning as the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bayes 8-7 Wednesday night to avoid a three-game sweep.
Donaldson put his 0-1, 97 mph fastball off Jalen Beaks (2-2) into right field to mark his second comeback of the night in New York and a 13-year-old comeback this year. You have achieved your second goodbye victory and won.
Donaldson's dramatic home run gave the Yankees his third win in 14 games and pushed his lead in the AL East to double digits. New York leads by his double digits on all but two days since his June 13th.
The decisive rally came after Aroldis Chapman (2-3) allowed two strikes, the bases his clear double. Two outs in the top of the 10th inning to Francisco Mejia.
New York's Anthony Rizzo hit a tying homer to take the lead in the eighth inning from Brooks Reilly, after Ryan Thompson retired major league home run leader Aaron Judge on a warning track flyball. , the Rays regained the lead.
Jan Didi Diaz had his season-high three RBIs, and as the Rays picked up his fourth straight win, Domingo hit German with three RBI doubles and five RBIs in which he scored. He hit a two-run double.
Tampa Bay's Harold Ramirez added a solo home run in the sixth in his second game coming back from a broken right thumb.
Diaz scored his first three runs in Tampa Bay, hitting a double in consecutive at-bats. After left fielder Andrew Benintendi took down the cutoff man and added a two-run double on the left field line to give him a 3–0 lead in the fifth, he hit an RBI double in the third to start the game from the start. I got Jose Siri.
Rays starter Corey Kluber allowed his two-run homer to Torres during his four-hit run in six innings. He bounced back with his 8 strikeouts, 1 walk, and on Friday he allowed 7 runs in 5 2/3 innings.
The German allowed him 3 runs and 5 hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out his 6, walked 1, and Randy He planked Arozalena and hit 2 before being lifted.
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