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Tampa Ba’s Randy Arozarena, right, celebrates with Isaac Paredes after hitting a three-run homerun against the New York Yankees in the first inning Tuesday-evening in New York. Frank Franklin II/Associated Press

NEW YORK (Neth.) – Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer off Nestor Cortes in the first inning and the Tampa Bay staff helped him to his feet and led the Rays 3-1 over the slipping New York Yankees on Tuesday-evening.

Starter Jeffrey Springs (5-3) and four relievers combined on a four-hitter, and the 41,083 crowd at Yankee Stadium sometimes drove their AL East leaders out.

The Yankees have lost 11 of 13 and are 8-17 since reaching the All-Star break at 64-28.

Tampa Bay got just four hits by taking its fourth straight win and closing within nine games for the Yankees – New York’s narrowest margin since also leading nine on June 15. The Rays were 15 1/2 games behind after being swept in Cincinnati on July 8. 10.

New York lost its fifth straight series and was held by three points or less for the seventh straight game.

New York avoided being eliminated in three consecutive games for the first time since 2016 when Andrew Benintendi tripled in the fifth and scored on a fielding error by third baseman Yandy Diaz on a grounder by Miguel Andujar.

Some fans cheered as Andujar slammed to close out seventh with Josh Donaldson in third, and there were more as Jose punched Trevino to end the match.

Diaz and Issac Paredes led off the game with singles. One out later, Arozarena gave the Rays a 3-0 lead by lifting a 1-1 fastball into the left field seats for his 16th homer. It was Arrozarena’s fourth homer in five games after the rightfielder went homerless in 16 consecutive games.

Cortes (9-4) gave up three runs and four hits in seven innings. He struckout three batters, walked no and retired 19 of his last 21 batters.

Springs (5-3) retired the side and held New York to one run and two hits in five innings.

Pete Fairbanks threw a perfect sixth, Brooks Raley retired the first two outs of the seventh after Donaldson singled and Shawn Armstrong retired the next three.

Jason Adam needed four pitches to knock out Major League home run leader Aaron Judge with a runner at the end of the eighth.

Adam also fanned out two in a perfect ninth for his seventh save.

ORIOLES 4, BLUE JAYS 2: Cedric Mullins and Adley Rutschman hit back-to-back homeruns, Ramon Urias brought in the deciding run in the sixth inning and the Orioles won in Toronto – their 10th win in games on August 14.

Dean Kremer (5-4) equalized his career high by throwing seven innings and winning for the second time in three starts.

Ryan McKenna had an RBI-hit when the Orioles closed (61-55) to a half game of Toronto (61-54). The Blue Jays are third and final in the AL wildcard standings, behind Tampa Bay and Seattle.

Dillon Tate worked the eighth and Felix Bautista struckout a pair in the ninth for his seventh save in eight chances.

The slumping Blue Jays lost for the ninth time in 12 games. Toronto is 4-9 in August.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BRAVES 5, METS 0: Charlie Morton was dominant on the mound, Matt Olson and Robbie Grossman went deep, and host Atlanta won the eighth straight, knocking out New York in the east of NL East.

Having lost 4 or 5 in New York less than two weeks ago, the Braves have not lost since. They made it two in a row over the Mets at Truist Park, drawing within 3 1/2 games of the division leaders.

New York has been defeated 18-1 halfway through the four-game series.

COMMENTS

PIRATES: Infielder Rodolfo Castro has been banned from Major League Baseball for one game for carrying a cell phone in his back pocket during a game last week.

The penalty, which included an undisclosed fine, was to go into effect Tuesday-evening when the Pirates received Boston. Castro, 23, has appealed and is allowed to play until the trial is complete.

“I just really want MLB to hear my version of the story and make sure they understand my heart behind everything,” Castro said through an interpreter before the game against the Red Sox.

“None of this was intentional. I didn’t mean for this to happen.”

Castro’s phone flew out of his pocket when he made a head-first dive to third base in Arizona on August 9.

The piece attracted a lot of attention in the margins and beyond in the sports world. Many cringed while others laughed as the music video was seen by millions of people.

Castro apologized after the game, saying it was an honest mistake. He said he put his oven mitt-like gliding glove in his pocket and forgot about the phone, which now had a pillow.

“I just remember getting dressed, putting on my pants, getting something to eat and going to the bathroom,” Castro said after the Pirates lost 6-4 to Arizona. “It never occurred to me that I still had my cell phone with me.”

Castro hits .239 in 27 games in his second Major League season.

Asked about the penalty, Pirates Manager Derek Shelton said “we respect MLB’s decision” and left it at that.

BRAVES: The Atlanta Braves juggled their roster, calling up pitching prospect Freddy Tarnok and selecting infielder Ryan Goins to the Major League roster.

Tarnok gives the Braves a fresh arm with the team amid playing 14 games in 13 days.

ATHLETICS: The Oakland Athletics released veteran outfielder Stephen Piscotty and paved the way for top prospect Shea Langeliers to gain important experience for the team in last place in the AL West.

Langeliers, a 24-year-old catcher and leftfielder who was picked ninth overall in the 2019 draft from Baylor, hit .283 with 19 home runs and 56 RBI in 92 games for Triple-A Las Vegas after being acquired from Atlanta in March Matt Olson to the Braves. Langeliers would make his Major League-debut in Texas on Tuesday-evening as the designated batter for the A’s.

General Manager David Forst thanked the 31-year-old Piscotty for his impact on the club since arriving ahead of the 2018 season in a St. Louis trade that brought him back close to his home in Pleasanton. His mother, Gretchen, died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in May of that year, and Piscotty helped raise awareness for ALS. Major League Baseball held its first Lou Gehrig Day last year.

He helped lead the A’s back to the playoffs in 2018 after a three-year drought with career highs of 27 home runs and 88 RBI.

Oakland also remembered Las Vegas’ David MacKinnon. The A’s also put center fielder Ramon Laureano on the injured list with left side pain. He dropped out of the lineup on Monday, a day after feeling discomfort on a swing during his at bat during his at bat in the fourth inning in Houston and left the field.

Laureano was scheduled for an MRI on Tuesday. He will be examined by a team doctor in the Bay Area, Forst said.

METS: Pitcher Carlos Carrasco is expected to miss up to a month after putting a strain on his left hypotenuse, the team announced in another rotational setback.

Carrasco, 35, 13-5 with a 3.92 ERA in a rebounding season for the league-leaders of NL East, was injured during a game in Atlanta on Monday night.

The Mets said Carrasco had an MRI that showed a minor strain on the left side. The club said a typical timeline for these types of injuries was 3 to 4 weeks.

Carrasco gave up three runs in two innings in a 13-1 loss to the Braves, who are 4 1/2 games behind New York in the division. His performance was interrupted by a 55-minute rain delay in the second inning – he came back after the break and got the last out, but cringed on his last pitch and was pulled.

Carrasco had been 5-0 in his previous seven starts with a 1.69 ERA.

PADDRESS: The San Diego Padres have a scheduled Fernando Tatis Jr. bobblehead night replaced a Juan Soto T-shirt giveaway after the superstar shortstop was banned from 80 games Friday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.

Tatis, a 23-year-old sensation and one of the brightest stars in Major League Baseball, was about to return to the Padres after a broken wrist that kept him sidelined all season. He was on track to rejoin the team well before the bobblehead night of September 7, until the positive test.

Instead, the Padres will offer fans shirts in the club’s City Connect color scheme with Soto’s name and number 22 on the back before playing the Arizona Diamondbacks.

DODGERS: Cody Bellinger, the 2019 NL MVP whose production has dropped dramatically since then, was benched by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Bellinger could sit out the last three games of the team’s series in Milwaukee.

“I just wanted to give him a bit of a reset,” Roberts said. “He’s grinding a lot.”

Bellinger hits .206 with 15 home runs and 50 RBI. He started in midfield on Monday night against the Brewers, hitting 0 for 4 with two strikeouts and hitting two hits in his last 19 at bats.

Chris Taylor moved from left field to center for Tuesday’s game, with Joey Gallo left in the lineup.

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