ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays kept talking about needing something to somehow get some offense going.
Saturday, it wasn’t much. But a soft liner, a blooper down the right-field line and a slow bouncer to third base were the key hits in a 3-1 victory over the Yankees before an announced sellout crowd of 25,025 at Tropicana Field.
Having dropped the first two games of the four-game series in the first meeting between the teams this year, the Rays were just happy to get a win, improving to 27-19 and reducing their division deficit to 5 1/2 games behind the majors-best 33-14 Yankees.
