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Tampa Bay 5, NY Yankees 2

When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, September 26, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Paul Schrieber, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 18772

By SportsDirect Inc.

B.J. Upton and Johnny Damon each knocked in two runs, and James Shields pitched 8 2/3 strong innings as the Tampa Bay Rays moved into a tie for the American League wild card lead with a 5-2 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Monday.

The Rays, who were nine games behind Boston on Sept. 3, are even with two games to play. The Red Sox lost at Baltimore 6-3 on Monday.

Shields (16-12) allowed six hits and two runs, and shut the Yankees out over his final 5 2/3 innings on three hits. Kyle Farnsworth got the final out for his 24th save.

Upton doubled home two runs in the third inning to tie the game and Damon singled home the go-ahead run later in the inning. Damon, who also had a sacrifice fly in seventh, is tied with Lou Gehrig for 57th on the all-time hits list with 2,721.

Kelly Shoppach also homered for the second straight game for the Rays.

Rays’ left fielder Desmond Jennings made an amazing diving catch in the gap to take extra bases away from Derek Jeter in the fifth.

Robinson Cano had a solo homer in the first and an RBI single in the third to give New York a 2-0 lead. Cano is batting .386 in his career against Shields, with four home runs and 11 RBIs.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers

NY Yankees		Tampa Bay
Hector Noesi	Player	James Shields
Loss	W/L	Win
2.0	IP	8.2
1	Strikeouts	4
5	Hits	6
13.50	ERA	2.08

Hitting

NY Yankees		Tampa Bay
Robinson Cano	Player	Matt Joyce
2	Hits	2
2	RBI	0
1	HR	0
5	TB	3
.500	Avg	.500

Team Stats Summary

Team	Hits	HR	TB	Avg	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	Errors
NY Yankees	6	1	10	.194	11	4	2	3	0	0
Tampa Bay	9	1	15	.310	17	6	5	8	1	1