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Yanks hope to resuscitate postseason chances versus Rays

Sep 15, 2014 - 2:40 PM (Sports Network) - Veteran lefty Chris Capuano hasn't lost in a while, but he didn't exactly thrive when last matched with the Tampa Bay Rays.

He gets another crack at the recent nemesis on Monday night at Tropicana Field, where his New York Yankees will visit to begin a three-game series.

Capuano saw six of the seven batters he faced get on base when he met Tampa Bay on Wednesday in New York, forcing him from the game in the first inning for the first time in his 217 big-league starts.

The Yankees ultimately rallied to win the game, 8-5.

"The execution wasn't spot on and was making some good pitches they were fouling off, I couldn't get them to miss it or put it in play to get that groundball that I needed," Capuano said. "The ones I executed they did a good job of battling and fouling them off and the level of execution wasn't there on the other pitches."

In three previous outings, he was 1-0 with a 4.86 earned run average.

The Rays have won nine of 16 games against the Yankees and are one win from becoming the first team in 39 years to win at least 10 games against New York over three consecutive seasons.

The Yankees are five games out of the second American League wild card playoff spot after losing three times in a four-game series at Baltimore.

They lost a ninth-inning lead in a Sunday defeat.

"It was another tough one," manager Joe Girardi said. "Just have to move on."

Derek Jeter, who'll retire at the end of the season, has gone 24 at-bats without a hit.

The Rays start youngster Alex Colome for the fifth time in his career.

He missed 50 games thanks to a failed drug test and hasn't started for the Rays since June 27. He returns to the big leagues after two starts at Triple-A Durham in its postseason.

His lone meeting with the Yankees came last season, when he allowed three unearned runs in 4 1/3 innings and got a no-decision.

On Sunday in Baltimore, Kelly Johnson's RBI double in the ninth inning gave the Orioles a 3-2 walkoff victory over the Yankees.

Martin Prado and Brian McCann both homered for New York, which has lost nine of its last 11 games against Baltimore.

Starter Hiroki Kuroda allowed just one run on six hits with no walks and five strikeouts across seven frames.

In Toronto, a Sean Rodriguez fly to center brought home Wil Myers with the deciding run in the top of the 10th inning, as Tampa Bay claimed a 6-5 decision over the Blue Jays in the rubber match of a three-game set.

Brandon Guyer doubled twice among his three hits, while Logan Forsythe, Ryan Hanigan and Kevin Kiermaier knocked in a run each for the Rays, who also benefited from solo homers by Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar.

Jake McGee (5-2) gave up the game-tying homer to John Mayberry Jr. in the bottom of the ninth but was credited with the win. Jeff Beliveau retired the only batter he faced in the 10th for his first save. Chris Archer started and scattered three hits and one run, fanning nine with three walks.