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The Tampa Bay Rays just took two of three from the vaunted
Bronx Embalmers at their home mausoleum. On a beautiful afternoon at
The Concrete Bunker On 161st Street, the Yankees failed to cash in on
numerous opportunities—including a bases-loaded and none out situation in the 9th—
falling to the Rays, 3-1. The Empire loss pushed Boston's lead in the AL East to 10.5 games—as the Red Sox are idle on Thursday. Perhaps the highlight of the game was a
Giancarlo Stanton phantom 2-run-HR that was overruled as a double. Perfect. The pesky Rays opened the game with four straight hits of fake-ace
Masahiro Tanaka—whose ERA is now 4.03. All in all, it was a splendid outcome in
Baghdad-By-The-Hudson.
