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Yankees leave 15 aboard as Rays strike twice in October

Two Tampa Bay homers and a shut-down bullpen beat New York 4-3 after the Yankees left 15 runners stranded at Yankee Stadium.

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Tampa Bay found the shortest route to an October road win: two swings and a bullpen that refused to crack. The Rays edged the Yankees 4-3 at Yankee Stadium, leaning on a pair of home runs and scoreless relief while New York kept reaching base — and kept coming up empty.

That number is the whole night in miniature. Every time New York stitched together a rally, Tampa Bay's arms slammed the door, and the two long balls proved just enough. It is also the Rays' second straight win in this postseason matchup: earlier in the series they took a 5-2 decision at Tropicana Field behind a four-run fifth, even with Ben Rice homering twice in a losing cause.

For the Yankees, it is a familiar frustration: traffic without runs. For the Rays, it is October pitching doing exactly what October pitching should.

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