Ellsbury the catalyst as Yanks run past Rays

Jacoby Ellsbury doubles to right field to score Mark Teixeira and Brian McCann and opens the Yankees lead to 6-3NEW YORK -- Jacoby Ellsbury executed the first straight steal of home by a Yankees player in nearly 15 years, Brian McCann homered and drove in three runs and the Yankees held on for a 6-3 victory over the Rays on Friday at Yankee Stadium.

Ellsbury's fifth-inning dash carried him headfirst past catcher Curt Casali, tying the game at 3 after he spotted left-hander Matt Moore attempting to work from the windup. McCann hit a two-run homer in the second inning and delivered an opposite-field, go-ahead RBI single off Moore in the sixth, helping the Yanks to just their second win in nine…