Yankees edge first-place Rays for second straight night, 4-3

NEW YORK (AP) — Gio Urshela homered early, Clint Frazier drove in two a night after his walk-off homer and the New York Yankees overcame several sloppy moments to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Wednesday.

New York had lost six of seven before winning its past two games against the AL East-leading Rays. Tampa Bay dropped two in a row for the first time since May 11-12, also against the Yankees.

Jordan Montgomery (3-1) pitched 6 1/3 innings for New York, and only one of the three runs he allowed was earned. Aroldis Chapman was uncharacteristically wild in the ninth, walking his first two batters, but he worked out of the jam for his 12th save.

After winning on Frazier's 11th-inning homer Tuesday night, the Yankees went back to the long ball early against rookie left-hander Shane McClanahan. With two outs in the first, Urshela drove a first-pitch fastball into the lower deck in right field for a two-run homer. Urshela added a double in the seventh.

The Yankees loaded the bases to start the fourth against McClanahan (2-1) on hits by Gleyber Torres and Rougned Odor, followed by Gary Sánchez's walk. The hard-throwing rookie was lifted after retiring Miguel Andújar.

Frazier then hit a two-run single off Ryan Thompson to put New York ahead 4-1.

McClanahan allowed four runs, five hits and two walks over 3 1/3 innings, striking out six.

The Yankees' defense slipped up in the fifth. Second baseman Odor fielded a routine grounder by Brett Phillips with Taylor Walls at first, but rather than take the sure out, he made an off-balance throw to second that ended up in left field.

Walls advanced to third on the error, then scored on Yandy Diaz's sacrifice fly.

New York ran into two outs on the bases in the seventh, raising their total to a major league-most 29 such outs this season....

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