Longoria hits sac fly in 2-run 8th, Rays beat Yankees 4-2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Evan Longoria hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly during a two-run eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied late to beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Tuesday night.

Kevin Kiermaier drew a one-out walk in the eighth from Nathan Eovaldi (3-1) and went to third on Steven Souza Jr.'s single. Dellin Betances entered and gave up Longoria's sac fly. Souza scored on Betances' wild pitch to make it 4-2.

Tampa Bay tied it at 2 on David DeJesus' two-run single in the seventh.

Kevin Jepsen (1-2) pitched a scoreless eighth before Brad Boxberger got the final three outs for his ninth save.

The Yankees loaded the bases with no outs in the first, but scored just twice on consecutive RBI singles by Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran off Chris Archer.

Eovaldi gave up four runs and six hits over 7 1-3 innings.

Archer gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings. He retired 15 of 16 over his final five innings.

Rays catcher Rene Rivera threw out both Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner attempting to steal second base during the second.

Ellsbury went 2 for 3 against Archer, and has 12 hits in 18 at-bats off the right-hander.

Alex Rodriguez went 0 for 3 with a walk. A-Rod still has reached base safely in 12 of 23 plate appearances this year in five road games against the Rays, with three homers, five RBIs and eight runs scored.

The announced attendance was 10,417, which marks the second straight day that the turnout was the lowest for a Rays' home game against the Yankees. Monday's series opening crowd was 10,619.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Yankees: Rodriguez was in the lineup after having some left hamstring soreness in Monday night's 11-5 win over the Rays. "Worry about it a little bit, but we'll manage it," manager Joe Girardi said. ... LHP Chris Capuano (quadriceps) allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Rays: LHP Matt Moore (elbow surgery) will have his third batting practice session Wednesday. ... Closer Jake McGee (elbow surgery) will pitch for Triple-A Durham Wednesday and could return this weekend.

UP NEXT

Yankees RHP Adam Warren (2-1) and Rays RHP Nathan Karns (2-1) are Wednesday night's scheduled starters.

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