Rays beat Yanks again

NEW YORK — Pinchhitter Mike Brosseau singled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning and the streaking Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees again, taking advantage of a costly error by reliever Zack Britton in a 4-2 victory Wednesday night.

Jalen Beeks pitched out of a ninth-inning jam and Tampa Bay got home runs from slumping hitters JiMan Choi and Mike Zunino off Gerrit Cole, who struck out 10 in a no-decision.

Cole’s 20-game regularseason winning streak remained intact, but he was visibly upset when manager Aaron Boone pulled him with two outs in the seventh after a season-high 109 pitches.

Britton (0-2) struck out Austin Meadows with a runner on to end the inning, then got himself in trouble in the eighth when he flubbed a toss while covering the bag after a sprawling stop by first baseman Luke Voit.

Yandy Diaz went to second on the error and advanced on a wild pitch before Brandon Lowe walked. One out later, Brosseau and Willy Adames delivered consecutive singles off Britton to give the Rays a 4-2 lead.

Tampa Bay has won four straight and 10 of 11 to move within a half-game of the AL East-leading Yankees. The Rays (16-9) have taken five of six in the season series and handed New York its first two losses this season at Yankee Stadium following a 10-0 start at home.

It’s only the second time in their last 17 tries over six years that the Rays have won a series in the Bronx. They’ll go for their first three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium since July 2014 on Thursday afternoon.

Pete Fairbanks (3-1) threw a called third strike past Aaron Hicks in the seventh to keep the score tied. Beeks replaced Chaz Roe with two on in the ninth and struck out pinchhitter Miguel Andujar. After a wild pitch put two runners in scoring position, Beeks whiffed Thairo Estrada for his second career save and first this season.

Cole has gone 28 straight regular-season starts without a loss, tied with Kris Medlen and Dave McNally for the second-longest streak in major league history behind Roger Clemens, who went 30 starts without a defeat from 199899.

Cole’s only defeat since May 2019 came in the World Series opener last year with Houston against Washington.

In a matchup of hardthrowing starters, 6-foot-8 Tyler Glasnow threw 5 2/3 innings of two-hit ball for Tampa Bay, rebounding from two rough outings.

Cole quickly fell behind 2-0 on homers by Choi in the second and Zunino in the third. Choi came in hitting .169 with one home run. Zunino, batting ninth, was at .091 with two long balls.