ST. PETERSBURG -- The longest-tenured Yankee insists that he has not peeled back the layers of his uncertain future. If this is indeed the closing act of Brett Gardner's time in New York, he intends to keep the same approach that kept him with the organization for all this time, leaving every ounce of effort on the field.
Gardner came off the bench to deliver a key run-scoring hit, then preserved the lead with a terrific sixth-inning catch as the Yankees defeated the Rays, 4-1, on Monday evening at Tropicana Field. Andrew McCutchen homered while Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge contributed run-scoring doubles to the Bombers' attack.