Rays handed 8th straight loss, 4-2
Derek Jeter tied Lou Gehrig atop the Yankees hit list and New York rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday night thanks to a three-run homer by pinch-hitter Jorge Posada in the eighth inning.
Jeter got three hits to match Gehrig with 2,721 in a Yankees uniform, a mark the Hall of Famer had held by himself for more than 70 years. Jeter had a chance to break the record, but he walked against reliever Grant Balfour after New York’s comeback in the eighth.
The Yankees are off Thursday. Jeter gets his next chance to break the record Friday night at home against Baltimore.
Shut down by rookie Jeff Niemann most of the night, the Yankees completed a four-game sweep and sent the AL champion Rays to their eighth consecutive loss. It’s their longest skid since dropping eight in a row in July 2007.
Marlins 6, Mets 3: Ricky Nolasco shut down the Mets into the seventh inning, Cody Ross hit an early three-run homer as Florida beat New York.
Dan Uggla homered and Nick Johnson had a long RBI double as Florida took their second straight from New York.
Nolasco (11-8) gave up a leadoff hit to Angel Pagan then didn’t give up another hit until Pagan doubled with two outs in the sixth.