The Yankees continued to pile up strikeouts against the Rays, this time ending in a close loss on Tuesday night.

It's the opener of a critical four-game set between the AL East-leading Rays and the reeling second-place Yankees at Tropicana Field.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jonathan Aranda drove in three runs, Shane McClanahan pitched 6 1/3 innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 3-0 on Wednesday night to extend their AL East lead ...

Rice hit his 28th homer, a towering three-run shot to right-center, off Casey Legumina in the sixth to extend New York's lead to 10-3.

7th-rder A.J. Rice signs w/@Raysbaseball for $822,500 (slot 203 value = $304,800). Georgia prep RHP, smaller build but big feel for pitching, misses bats w/three pitches: lively 90-95 mph fastball, ...

Hunter Feduccia and Yandy Diaz hit consecutive home runs in the fourth inning, Ian Seymour struck out 12 and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 6-4 ...