Major League Baseball
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Tampa Bay 8, NY Yankees 6
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, May 20, 2010
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Angel Campos, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 45483
Carlos Pena broke out of a lengthy slump with a pair of homers as the Tampa Bay Rays extended their winning streak to six games Thursday with an 8-6 win over the New York Yankees.

Pena, who hadn’t homered since Apr. 28, ripped a solo homer to right field in the sixth inning and added a solo shot to center in the eighth. The power-hitting first baseman now has eight homers on the season, and the two-hit night raised his average to .194.

Ben Zobrist added his first home run of the season and B.J. Upton also went deep as the Rays swept the two-game mini-series at Yankee Stadium. Tampa Bay improved to 17-4 on the road heading into a three-game interleague series against the Astros in Houston.

James Shields (5-1) earned the win, allowing four runs on eight hits in 7 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out seven. Rafael Soriano recorded his 11th save.

Juan Miranda hit a two-run homer and Derek Jeter added three hits and two RBIs for New York, which has lost three straight.

Yankees starter Andy Pettitte (5-1) was victimized for seven runs in just five innings in his worst start of the season. The left-hander’s ERA rose from 1.79 to 2.68 in the loss.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   NY Yankees
James Shields Player Andy Pettitte
Win W/L Loss
7.1 IP 5.0
7 Strikeouts 3
8 Hits 9
3.68 ERA 10.80
Hitting
Tampa Bay   NY Yankees
Gabe KaplerPlayer Derek Jeter
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 2
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
1.000 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 11 4 24 .324 4 8 8 2 0 1
NY Yankees 10 1 16 .286 16 9 5 2 0 1