Anthony Rizzo homered twice on his bobblehead giveaway night, the second a go-ahead, two-run drive in the eighth inning that lifted the Yankees over the Rays on Friday.
"He's just been a great presence in the middle of our order and really consistent," manager Aaron Boone said."Like he usually always does, big hits come with him."
Yankees rookie Anthony Volpe, in a 7-for-53 slide, was dropped to seventh in the order after 23 consecutive starts leading off. He tied the score 2-2 with a fifth-inning homer and put the Yankees ahead with a seventh-inning RBI single.Oswaldo Cabrera's run-scoring single extended the lead to 4-2. "It hasn't been perfect. We've been beat up at different times, but this group is really, really competing well," Boone said."Fall behind, you kind of crawl back to tie it up and then take the lead and then lose the lead and just keep on playing. Just a gutsy win by a lot of guys stepping up there when it's not easy."
Arozarena, Siri and Lowe pointed to their biceps and grinned at the Rays dugout following their homers.
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