SAN DIEGO (AP) — Luke Voit and Gleyber Torres hit impressive home runs and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 to force a deciding fifth game in their AL Division Series at Petco Park.
The Yankees bounced back from two straight losses to their AL East rivals to set up a showdown between Gerrit Cole of New York and Tyler Glasnow of Tampa Bay on Friday night.
Cole, backed by four home runs, won the series opener 9-3 Monday night. The Game 5 winner will remain in San Diego to face the Houston Astros in the AL Championship Series starting Sunday night.