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Randy Arrozarena hit a three-run homer with one out in the first inning to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the ailing New York Yankees, 3-1, on Tuesday night.
The Rays have won four in a row and he has won eight in their last 12 games. They moved to the Yankees in his AL East and he is within nine games. It is the first time since his June 13th that the deficit in the division has fallen below his double digits.
New York suffered his 11th loss in 13 games, slipping to 8-17 since his All-Star break held. 64-28 record. New York's division lead is the smallest since June 15, when he trailed by nine games.
After the match started with singles between Yandi Diaz and Isaac Paredes, Arrozarena threw his 1-1 fastball off Nestor. Cortez (9-4) hits his 16th home run in left field. It was his fourth home run in six games after hitting a home run in his previous 16 games.
Andrew Benintendi hit his triple in the fifth, and a fielding error by third baseman Yandi Diaz gave him his first run for New York in 22 innings. After Diaz bobbled Miguel Andujal's ground ball, Isaiah Kiner Falefa walked, but Merwin Gonzalez bounced into a double play.
Benintendi scored New York's first run since Kinner his Falefa made his tying safety squeeze in his ninth inning of Saturday's 3-2 victory in Boston. Did.
Tampa Bay's Jeffrey Springs (5-3) stole 10 outs on a ground ball, and in the fifth inning he allowed two hits and allowed one run. Lefties have 4 strikeouts and 1 walk.
Cortez allowed 3 runs in 7 innings where he got 4 hits. As a left-armer, he struck out three and had no walks, and in the end he retired 19 of his 21 batters.
Four relief pitchers followed Springs, and he allowed two hits in four innings. Jason Adam retired Aaron Judge on a groundout to end the eighth and score the last four outs on the seventh save.
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