Cano lifts Yanks over Rays; A-Rod still stuck on 599

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07/31/2010 - St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Just after Alex Rodriguez failed to club career homer No. 600, Robinson Cano belted a solo shot to right field with one out in the ninth inning, providing the New York Yankees with a 5-4 win over the Rays, snapping Tampa Bay's seven-game winning streak.

Rodriguez went 0-for-3 with a walk and scored once, but he hasn't gone deep since July 22 against Kansas City. He popped out to a stumbling Jason Bartlett in short left field leading off the ninth against Rafael Soriano (2-1), but Cano then crushed a 1-0 offering to right field to give the Yankees a two-game lead over Tampa Bay in the AL East.

Mark Teixeira added a two-run homer and Nick Swisher a solo blast for the Yankees, who won for the eighth time in 11 games.

Matt Garza, pitching for the first time since his no-hitter against Detroit on Monday, lasted seven innings, allowing five hits and four runs while fanning nine batters.

Javier Vazquez yielded eight hits and four runs over 6 1/3 innings. David Robertson (2-3) pitched the eighth inning to get the win and Mariano Rivera recorded his 22nd save.

Cano had three hits as did Tampa Bay's John Jaso, but the Rays failed to pull even with the Yankees, who capped a big day at the non-waiver trading deadline. Earlier Saturday, the Yankees finalized a trade for first baseman Lance Berkman, who along with cash considerations, came from Houston. New York shipped pitcher Mark Melancon and minor league infielder Jimmy Paredes to the Astros. The Yankees also obtained relief pitcher Kerry Wood from Cleveland for a player to be named later or cash.

Berkman started at designated hitter and went hitless in four at-bats.

Evan Longoria's sacrifice fly scored Jaso in the first inning, but the Yankees tied it in the second on Curtis Granderson's sac fly.

Carl Crawford singled in Jaso in the third and the Rays stretched the lead to 3-1 in the fifth via Bartlett's sac fly, but Teixeira homered with Derek Jeter on base in the sixth to even the score.

Matt Joyce homered to right field in the bottom of the sixth, but Swisher's 20th of the season tied the game again in the seventh.

Game Notes

Rays first baseman Carlos Pena is day-to-day after leaving in the seventh inning with a sore right foot...Crawford stole the 400th base of his career. He became on the seventh player to reach that mark before the age of 29...Before Saturday, Tampa Bay's bullpen had allowed one run in the previous 19 innings.

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