NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium to finish a three-game sweep of the American League Division Series, according to MLB’s official game data.
Victor Mesa Jr. broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run homer to right-center off Max Fried with two outs in the sixth inning. In the bottom half, Anthony Volpe’s drive to left-center was called a home run, then changed on review to a run-scoring double because of fan interference, and the Yankees left him at second when Spencer Jones struck out. Ryan Vilade had homered in the fourth. Ian Seymour got the win, Fried took the loss, and Bryan Baker earned the save, his third of the series, MLB.com reported.
It was the first sweep of a best-of-five or longer postseason series in Rays history, per MLB.com. ALCS Game 1 is Monday at Tropicana Field; Chicago leads Cleveland 2-1 in the other AL series, with Game 4 Thursday night at Rate Field.
The Yankees had been swept in a best-of-five series only once before, in the 1980 ALCS, per MLB.com.
Source: MLB.com
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