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Benches clear twice as Rays roll past Yankees 7-4: 'It's a last-place team'

Things got heated late on Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg.

Yet the Tampa Bay Rays, despite the benches clearing twice in their 7-4 win over the New York Yankees at Tropicana Field, aren’t taking it too personally.

“Looking at it in a different view, it’s a last-place team,” said Brandon Lowe, who hit a home run and four RBIs in the win, via The Associated Press.

“We don’t need to worry about it. We need to focus on what we need to do down the stretch.