Game result and context
Tampa Bay Rays beat New York Yankees 5-2 in AL Division Series Game 2
The Tampa Bay Rays broke a tie with four runs in the fifth inning and held on to beat the New York Yankees 5-2 at Tropicana Field. Ben Rice homered twice for New York, but the Yankees managed little else as Freddy Peralta and Ian Seymour kept the Tampa Bay lead intact.
Final result
The Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 5-2 in Game 2 of the AL Division Series at Tropicana Field. The Rays are 2-0 in the postseason. The Yankees fell to 0-2.
Tampa Bay scored first, pushing a run across in the bottom of the first. Then the game sat quiet for a while.
How the game changed
Ben Rice tied it with a solo home run in the top of the fourth. The tie lasted one inning. In the bottom of the fifth, the Rays put up four runs, and that was the game.
Richie Palacios drove in two runs and Chandler Simpson drove in one. Cam Schlittler took the loss for New York after 4.1 innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out two.
Rice homered again in the eighth, another solo shot, but the Yankees got no closer.
Key performances
Rice went 2 for 3 with two home runs, two runs and two RBIs. He drove in both New York runs.
Peralta worked 4.2 innings for Tampa Bay, allowing one earned run with three strikeouts. Seymour added three innings, striking out four and allowing one earned run to earn a hold.
Season and playoff context
The Rays lead the best-of-5 series 2-0 and need one more win to close it out. The Yankees now face elimination in every remaining game.