ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay appeared to be headed for another loss to the New York Yankees when the first five batters reached against Rays starter Chris Archer.
Archer, though, settled down and Rays fought back to get their second victory in eight games with the Yankees this season.
Evan Longoria hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly during a two-run eighth inning and the Rays rallied late to beat the Yankees 4-2 on Tuesday night.
"The way the game started I don't know if we saw an ending like that," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "It's a credit to Arch, keeping his cool, keeping us right there in the ballgame. Extremely impressive outing."
Archer gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings. He retired 15 of 16 over his final five innings.
The Yankees loaded the bases with no outs in the first, but scored just twice on consecutive RBI singles by Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran.
"Honestly not thinking about the situation," Archer said. "Just thinking about executing my pitches. I just stayed in the present moment and was able to work through that first."
Archer got key help from catcher Rene Rivera, who threw out both Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner attempting to steal second base during the second.
Kevin Kiermaier drew a one-out walk in the eighth from Nathan Eovaldi (3-1) and went to third on Steven Souza Jr.'s single. Dellin Betances entered and gave up Longoria's sac fly. Souza scored on Betances' wild pitch to make it 4-2.
"Dellin wasn't fully rested, and I was trying to stay away from using him but we got in a situation where we needed a strikeout and that's why I put him in," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Tampa Bay tied it at 2 on David DeJesus' two-run single in the seventh.
Kevin Jepsen (1-2) pitched a scoreless eighth before Brad Boxberger got the final three outs for his ninth save.
Eovaldi gave up four runs and six hits over 7 1/3 innings.
Ellsbury went 2 for 3 against Archer, and has 12 hits in 18 at-bats off him.
Alex Rodriguez went 0 for 3 with a walk. A-Rod still has reached base safely in 12 of 23 plate appearances this year in five road games against the Rays, with three homers, five RBIs and eight runs scored.
The announced attendance was 10,417, which marks the second straight day that the turnout was the lowest for a Rays' home game against the Yankees. Monday's series opening crowd was 10,619.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: Rodriguez was in the lineup after having some left hamstring soreness in Monday night's 11-5 win over the Rays. "Worry about it a little bit, but we'll manage it," Girardi said. ... LHP Chris Capuano (quadriceps) allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Rays: LHP Matt Moore (elbow surgery) will have his third batting practice session Wednesday. ... Closer Jake McGee (elbow surgery) will pitch for Triple-A Durham Wednesday and could return this weekend.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Girardi and several players, including Rodriguez and Ellsbury, talked on the phone from the manager's office with Yogi Berra on his 90th birthday Tuesday.
"He was happy to talk to all of us," Girardi aid. "He just told us to keep it going. It was good."
MOVIN' DREW
Yankees INF Stephen Drew took grounders at third base before game and will likely get time there backing up Chase Headley. Rodriguez has been the primary fill-in at third, starting two games at the position. Drew has started at second base and shortstop this year.
UP NEXT
Yankees RHP Adam Warren (2-1) and Rays RHP Nathan Karns (2-1) are Wednesday night's scheduled starters.
Archer, though, settled down and Rays fought back to get their second victory in eight games with the Yankees this season.
Evan Longoria hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly during a two-run eighth inning and the Rays rallied late to beat the Yankees 4-2 on Tuesday night.
"The way the game started I don't know if we saw an ending like that," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "It's a credit to Arch, keeping his cool, keeping us right there in the ballgame. Extremely impressive outing."
Archer gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings. He retired 15 of 16 over his final five innings.
The Yankees loaded the bases with no outs in the first, but scored just twice on consecutive RBI singles by Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran.
"Honestly not thinking about the situation," Archer said. "Just thinking about executing my pitches. I just stayed in the present moment and was able to work through that first."
Archer got key help from catcher Rene Rivera, who threw out both Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner attempting to steal second base during the second.
Kevin Kiermaier drew a one-out walk in the eighth from Nathan Eovaldi (3-1) and went to third on Steven Souza Jr.'s single. Dellin Betances entered and gave up Longoria's sac fly. Souza scored on Betances' wild pitch to make it 4-2.
"Dellin wasn't fully rested, and I was trying to stay away from using him but we got in a situation where we needed a strikeout and that's why I put him in," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Tampa Bay tied it at 2 on David DeJesus' two-run single in the seventh.
Kevin Jepsen (1-2) pitched a scoreless eighth before Brad Boxberger got the final three outs for his ninth save.
Eovaldi gave up four runs and six hits over 7 1/3 innings.
Ellsbury went 2 for 3 against Archer, and has 12 hits in 18 at-bats off him.
Alex Rodriguez went 0 for 3 with a walk. A-Rod still has reached base safely in 12 of 23 plate appearances this year in five road games against the Rays, with three homers, five RBIs and eight runs scored.
The announced attendance was 10,417, which marks the second straight day that the turnout was the lowest for a Rays' home game against the Yankees. Monday's series opening crowd was 10,619.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: Rodriguez was in the lineup after having some left hamstring soreness in Monday night's 11-5 win over the Rays. "Worry about it a little bit, but we'll manage it," Girardi said. ... LHP Chris Capuano (quadriceps) allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Rays: LHP Matt Moore (elbow surgery) will have his third batting practice session Wednesday. ... Closer Jake McGee (elbow surgery) will pitch for Triple-A Durham Wednesday and could return this weekend.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Girardi and several players, including Rodriguez and Ellsbury, talked on the phone from the manager's office with Yogi Berra on his 90th birthday Tuesday.
"He was happy to talk to all of us," Girardi aid. "He just told us to keep it going. It was good."
MOVIN' DREW
Yankees INF Stephen Drew took grounders at third base before game and will likely get time there backing up Chase Headley. Rodriguez has been the primary fill-in at third, starting two games at the position. Drew has started at second base and shortstop this year.
UP NEXT
Yankees RHP Adam Warren (2-1) and Rays RHP Nathan Karns (2-1) are Wednesday night's scheduled starters.
7:10PM,EDT,May 12,2015
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Ellsbury singled to shallow center. | 0 | 0 |
| Gardner singled to left, Ellsbury to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Rodriguez walked, Ellsbury to third, Gardner to second. | 0 | 0 |
| McCann singled to right, Ellsbury scored, Gardner to third, Rodriguez to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Beltrán singled to right, Gardner scored, Rodriguez to third, McCann to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Headley struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Drew flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Jones grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Kiermaier flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. reached on infield single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Longoria struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. picked off first. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Gregorius struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Ellsbury singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Ellsbury caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Gardner singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Gardner caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Loney fouled out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Forsythe flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| DeJesus struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Rodriguez popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| McCann flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Beltrán grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Cabrera lined out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Guyer lined out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Rivera grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Headley struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Drew struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Jones singled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Gregorius grounded into fielder's choice to second, Jones out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Kiermaier lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Longoria flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Ellsbury struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Gardner grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Rodriguez grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Loney grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Forsythe reached on infield single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| DeJesus singled to center, Forsythe to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice to second, DeJesus out at second, Forsythe to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Guyer struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| McCann struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Beltrán flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Headley grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Rivera grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Kiermaier grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Drew struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Jones flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Longoria singled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Loney grounded out to first, Longoria to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Forsythe walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Longoria to third, Forsythe to second on wild pitch by Eovaldi. | 2 | 0 |
| DeJesus singled to center, Longoria and Forsythe scored. | 2 | 2 |
| Cabrera grounded out to first, DeJesus to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Guyer grounded out to third. | 2 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Jepsen pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Ellsbury grounded out to first. | 2 | 2 |
| Gardner walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Rodriguez struck out looking. | 2 | 2 |
| McCann grounded out to first. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Rivera struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Kiermaier walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Souza Jr. singled to right, Kiermaier to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Betances relieved Eovaldi. | 2 | 2 |
| Longoria hit sacrifice fly to center, Kiermaier scored. | 2 | 3 |
| Souza Jr. stole second. | 2 | 3 |
| Loney intentionally walked. | 2 | 3 |
| Souza Jr. to third, Loney to second on wild pitch by Betances. | 2 | 3 |
| Souza Jr. scored, Loney to third on wild pitch by Betances. | 2 | 4 |
| Forsythe struck out looking. | 2 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Boxberger pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Beltrán flied out to right. | 2 | 4 |
| Headley singled to center. | 2 | 4 |
| Drew flied out to right. | 2 | 4 |
| Teixeira flied out to left. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Ellsbury CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .346 | .418 | .400 |
| Gardner LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .318 | .397 | .467 |
| Rodriguez DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .243 | .357 | .542 |
| McCann C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .240 | .302 | .423 |
| Beltrán RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .220 | .265 | .376 |
| Headley 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .234 | .284 | .379 |
| Drew 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .184 | .281 | .367 |
| Jones 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .189 | .250 |
Teixeira 1B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .236 | .351 | .609 |
| Gregorius SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .211 | .276 | .242 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 132 | |||
| BATTING RBI: McCann (19), Beltrán (15) Yankees RISP: 2-5 (Beltrán 1-1, Jones 0-1, McCann 1-1, Drew 0-1, Headley 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Gardner (3, 2nd base by Archer); Ellsbury (5, 2nd base by Archer/Rivera) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 10,417 (30.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:33 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Adam Hamari, First Base - Dan Iassogna, Second Base - Lance Barksdale, Third Base - Eric Cooper |
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