David Phelps pitched into the eighth inning and Brett Gardner, Lyle Overbay and Jayson Nix each drove in two runs, and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-4.
The win came at a cost however when New York right fielder Curtis Granderson broke the knuckle of his left pinkie finger after getting hit by Cesar Ramos‘ pitch in the fifth.
Granderson missed the first 38 games of this season with a broken forearm and is expected to miss up to four weeks with this injury.
Roberto Hernandez gave up five runs, six hits and three walks in four innings And the Yankees led 8-0 after five innings and the game was never really in doubt from that point forward.
David Phelps retired the first 13 rays batters before allowing a hit to James Loney, a one-out double in the fifth. He left the game after being hit on the right forearm by a line drive off the middle by Ben Zobrist.
