It was Kendrys Morales 1, Willy Adames 1 when CC Sabathia struck out Brandon Lowe with his 84th and final pitch in his sixth and final inning and cursed and raged at the Rays dugout before walking off the mound.
It would have been a shame had he been the lone lion wearing pinstripes.
But then his teammates, starting with Luke Voit and ending with — who else? — Gio Urshela summoned the same kind of fire and fury with the dramatic three-run ninth-inning rally for a stirring 4-3 comeback win, and a place in first place.