Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 0
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 46944

Ivan Nova won his 12th consecutive decision with 7 2/3 scoreless innings as the New York Yankees coasted to a 5-0 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a four-game series Tuesday night.

Tampa Bay lost for only the fifth time in 16 games and remained two games behind Boston in the American League wild card race. The Red Sox lost to Baltimore 7-5 on Tuesday.

The Yankees, who increased their lead over the Red Sox to six games in the AL East, reduced their magic number to clinch a playoff berth to two.

Curtis Granderson had three hits and four RBIs, including a three-run double in a four-run second inning, to take over the major league lead with 119 RBIs. He is 7-for-12 with eight RBIs in his last three games.

Staked to the early lead, Nova (16-4) scattered six hits to remain unbeaten since June 3. It marked the 10th time in his last 15 starts he has allowed two earned runs or fewer.

Yankees captain Derek Jeter reached a milestone with a pair of hits to move past Cap Anson for 19th place on the all-time career hits list with 3,082.

Rays starter Wade Davis (10-10) was knocked out after 4 2/3 innings. He allowed five runs on eight hits.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   NY Yankees
Wade Davis Player Ivan Nova
Loss W/L Win
4.2 IP 7.2
2 Strikeouts 3
8 Hits 6
9.64 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Tampa Bay   NY Yankees
Sean RodriguezPlayer Curtis Granderson
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 4
0 HR 0
2 TB 5
.667 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 6 0 7 .200 22 3 0 4 0 0
NY Yankees 14 0 18 .368 37 8 5 8 0 0