Upton keys Rays' 7-run inning in win over Yanks

NEW YORK (AP) — B.J. Upton and Carl Crawford each drove in two runs in a seven-run sixth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays punished CC Sabathia in his much-anticipated rematch with David Price in a 10-3 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday.

Price (18-6) labored through six innings but Sabathia (20-7) struggled even more. The Rays beat New York for the second straight day, splitting the four-game set and pulling within a half-game of the first-place Yankees in the American League East.

Yankees reliever Javier Vazquez equaled a big league record by hitting three straight batters in the seventh as the Rays added two runs without getting a hit.

Ten days earlier, Sabathia and …