The Rays' offense broke out in a big way to even the series. Evan Longoria was 2-for-3 with a homer and four RBIs. The light-hitting Hank Conger also homered and hit two doubles while driving in three runs, and Brad Miller had a double and a triple.
The Yankees threatened with two runs in the seventh and eighth, after Longoria and Carlos Beltran had been pulled. But Enny Romero entered and struck out Alex Rodriguez swinging to end the bases-loaded threat in the seventh, and Xavier Cedeno coaxed a groundout from Aaron Hicks to end a threat in the eighth.