Soriano, Yanks' walk-off against Rays

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Rays	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	10	0
Yankees	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	12	0

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10

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6

12

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Phil Hughes pitches against the Rays on July 28th. (Getty Images)

The Yankees were able to avoid the three-game sweep by the Rays on Sunday as they defeated them 6-5. Alfonso Soriano proved to be the hero today as he led the Yankees to the victory with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees today and had another shaky outing.

Hughes allowed five runs on nine hits in four innings of work. He struck out four and walked two. He finished his outing with 92 pitches, in which 59 of them were for strikes.

Alfonso Soriano powered the Yankee offense today as he went four-for-five with three runs batted in.

Mariano Rivera came on in the ninth inning with the ballgame tied and pitched a scoreless inning.

The Yankees will enjoy an off-day tomorrow before beginning a two-game set with the Dodgers on Tuesday.

Game 105: Rays at Yankees

Game 105: Rays at Yankees

July 28th, 2013, 1:05 pm ET, Yankee Stadium

TV: YES Network Radio: WCBS 880

Weather: 

The Yankees and Rays will conclude their three-game set today with the Yankees looking to avoid the sweep.

Here are the lineups:

Rays (62-42)
Desmond Jennings, CF
Luke Scott, DH
Evan Longoria, 3B
James Loney, 1B
Will Myers, RF
Matt Joyce, LF
Kelly Johnson, LF
Jose Lobaton, C
Yunel Escobar, SS

Pitching: Matt Moore LHP (14-3, 3.17 ERA this season)
(Matt Moore against the Yankees: Click Here)

Yankees (54-40)
Brett Gardner, CF
Derek Jeter, SS
Robinson Cano, 2B
Alfonso Soriano, LF
Vernon Wells, DH
Ichiro Suzuki, RF
Brent Lillibridge, 3B
David Adams, 1B
Chris Stewart, C

Pitching:

Enjoy the game!

Yanks' shutout by Archer, Rays

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Rays	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	1
Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

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Ivan Nova pitches against the Rays on July 27th. (Getty Images)

The Yankees were unable to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays for a second consecutive day as they were shutout 1-0.

Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and he undeservingly suffered the loss. Nova allowed one run on six hits in seven innings of work. He struck out eight and walked three. He finished his outing with 105 pitches, in which 68 of them were for strikes.

The Yankee offense was unable to get going today as they collected just two hits in the loss.

The Yankees and Rays will conclude their three-game set tomorrow afternoon.

Game 104: Rays at Yankees

Game 104: Rays at Yankees

July 27th, 2013, 1:05 pm ET, Yankee Stadium

TV: YES Network Radio: WCBS 880

Weather: 

The Yankees and Rays will continue their three-game set this afternoon.

Click Here for the Probable Pitchers for this series.

Here are the lineups:

Rays (61-42)
Desmond Jennings, CF
Evan Longoria, 3B
Will Myers, RF
James Loney, 1B
Ben Zobrist, 2B
Matt Joyce, DH
Kelly Johnson, LF
Jose Molina, C
Yunel Escobar, SS

Pitching: Chris Archer RHP (5-3, 2.76 ERA this season)
(Chris Archer against the Yankees: Click Here)

Yankees (54-49)
Brett Gardner, CF
Ichiro Suzuki, RF
Robinson Cano, 2B
Alfonso Soriano, DH
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Vernon Wells, LF
Eduardo Nunez, SS
Brent Lillibridge, 3B
Chris Stewart, C

Pitching: Ivan Nova RHP (4-3, 3.66 ERA this season)
(Ivan Nova against the Rays: Click Here)

Enjoy the game!

Sabathia struggles in opener against Rays

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rays	0	6	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	10	12	0
Yankees	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	11	2

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C.C. Sabathia pitches against the Rays on July 26th. (Getty Images)

The Yankees were unable to defeat the Rays in the opener on Friday night as they were defeated 10-6.

C.C. Sabathia struggles this season continued as he allowed seven runs on nine hits in five innings of work. He struck out six and walked three. He finished his outing with 102 pitches, in which 65 of them were for strikes.

The Yankee offense was able to score six runs on eleven hits, but had nothing to show for it in the loss.

The Yankees and Rays will continue their three-game set tomorrow afternoon.