NEW YORK -- Brett Gardner's walk-off single in the ninth gave the Yankees a 5-4 win over the Rays on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. It was Gardner's second game-winning hit of this four-game series for the Yankees (56-46), who have won six in a row and maintained their position in first place in the American League East. The third-place Rays (53-52) lost their third straight to fall to 4 1/2 games behind New York.
Chase Headley, who delivered a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the sixth, drew a leadoff walk from Brad Boxberger to start the ninth.