Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria hit consecutive homers off Chad Gaudin in the seventh inning, helping Tampa Bay to a 7-2 win over the Yankees, trimming New Yorks lead in the AL East to 1 1/2 games. Matt Forte Jersey . Crawford and Longoria each knocked in two runs, and Dan Johnson clubbed a solo homer for the Rays, who lost the first two contests of this four-game series. Despite this, the Rays have the opportunity to leave the Bronx with a half- game deficit if they can win Thursday nights monster pitching matchup between David Price (17-6) and New Yorks CC Sabathia (20-6). "Theyre all big, we just have to take them how they come," Crawford said. "Its tough to get wins right now." Reid Brignac had two hits and an RBI for the wild card-leading Rays, who ended a three-game skid. They have a magic number of five to clinch a postseason berth. Lance Berkman smashed his first homer in a Yankee uniform, but New York was limited to six hits. Both starting pitchers - Tampa Bays Wade Davis and New Yorks A.J. Burnett (10-14) - were lifted after a rain delay of 2 hours, 11 minutes caused a stoppage with one out in the bottom of the third inning. "It really killed it," Burnett said of the rain delay. "The matchup was Wade Davis and A.J., two guys that are pretty good. I thought it was going to be a great matchup and then it ends up being bullpen. Its a different kind of game. It wasnt the electricity we had the first two nights. It was a shame we had that long rain delay." Alex Rodriguez singled in Derek Jeter in the sixth inning to get the Yankees within a run, but Gaudin gave it right back as Crawford hit a two-out, first- pitch shot to right field. Two pitches later, Longoria went deep to right for his 22nd long ball of the season for a 5-2 cushion. Jonathan Albaladejo walked Ben Zobrist with the bases full in the eighth and Brignac singled home Longoria in the ninth. It was a shaky beginning for Burnett, as John Jaso led off the game with a single and Zobrist walked. A groundout from Crawford put both runners in scoring position and Longorias sacrifice fly gave the Rays the early edge. Jeremy Hellickson (4-0) took over for Davis after the delay and didnt allow a hit until Berkmans blast to right field with one out in the fifth. Hellickson allowed three hits and two runs while fanning five over 3 1/3 innings. In between, the Rays scored in the top half of the fifth when Crawford singled in Jaso. Johnson led off the sixth with his seventh homer of the year, but the Rays wasted an opportunity for more in the frame when Matt Joyce was tagged out at home on a Brignac grounder. Game Notes The Rays lead the season series, 9-8...New York still has a magic number of three to secure a playoff berth...Tampa Bay left 11 men on base...Jeter, who has an 11-game hitting streak, scored his 1,678th career run, surpassing Mickey Mantle (1,677) for sole possession of third place in franchise history...Jaso has walked 59 times this season, setting a club record for most walks by a rookie (previous mark was 57 by Akinori Iwamura in 2007)...Yankees reliever David Robertson underwent an MRI, which showed a strained back. Shonn Greene Jersey . Al Jefferson scored 16 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and the Jazz snapped a five-game losing streak with a 95-84 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. Chester Taylor Jersey . Gillis told the TEAM 1040 in Vancouver that he is meeting with Sundin and his agent J.P. 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The Swiss upset Spain in their World Cup opener, 1-0, but lost to Chile 1-0 in their second match and failed to post a needed win against winless Honduras on the last day of the group stage. Switzerland allowed just one goal in South Africa, and has posted shutouts in six of its last seven World Cup games. TORONTO - Christian Hansons 10th goal of the season in the second period paced the Toronto Marlies to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Hamilton Bulldogs in American Hockey League action Saturday. Justin Hodgman, Tim Brent and Victor Stalberg also scored for the Marlies in front of 7,084 fans at Ricoh Coliseum, Torontos largest crowd of the season. The win was the Marlies 12th in 20 games at home this season. It came on the heels of a disastrous 1-7 road trip and improved their record to 17-20-7 on the season. Ben Maxwell, David Desharnais and Greg Stewart replied for the second-overall Bulldogs, whose record dropped to 27-12-7 on the season. Blue-liner Yannick Weber assisted on all three Hamilton goals. Marlies goaltender Joey MacDonald stopped 25-of-28 shots for the victory. At the other end, Bulldogs starter Cedrick Desjardins was pulled less than 10 minutes into the game after the second Marlies goal in favour of Curtis Sanford who allowed two goals on 18 shots. The Marlies came out flying in the first period, with Hodgman scoring the first goal less than five minutes into the game. It was 2-0 before the 10-minute mark when Hanson showed great patience on the power play, choosing not to shoot and sliding a cross-crease pass to Brent who potted the puck into the open net. Stalberg made it 3-0 one minute into the second period before Hamilton broke MacDonalds shutout bid with a laser-like wrister from the high slot over the goalies glove. MacDonald looked to be interfered with on the play, as his helmeet was knocked off by an errant Hamilton stick as the shot came. Lynn Swann Jersey. No penalty was called on the play. Hanson then restored the two-goal lead after a misplay at the Hamilton blue-line resulted in a 2-on-1 with Kyle Calder. Desharnais made it 4-2 with just over two minutes to play in the second period during a two-man Hamilton power play. What began looking like a Marlies walkover got tight when Stewart scored two-and-a-half minutes into the third. But the Marlies held on despite being out-shot 28-26 on the night. Hodgmans goal was his first of the season in his second game since being acquired from the Rockford IceHogs. Brents power-play goal was his second in as many games since returning from an injury that forced him to miss the first 42 contests of the season. In a penalty-filled game that included 26 infractions, Toronto was 2-for-7 on the power play, while Hamilton went 1-for-4 with the man advantage. The Marlies play their third game in three days Sunday afternoon at the Ricoh Coliseum when they host the Syracuse Crunch. Hamilton doesnt play again until Wednesday when they visit the Rockford IceHogs. Notes: Marlies Tim Brent, Justin Hodgman and Ryan Stokes made their home debuts. . . Marlies played their first home game after a 1-7 road trip. . . It was just the sixth road loss of the season for the Bulldogs. . . Two Bulldogs, goaltender Cedrick Desjardins and defenceman P.K. Subban, played in Tuesdays AHL All-Star Game. . . Three Stars: Christian Hanson (first), Ryan White (second), Tim Brent (third). Wholesale NFL Jerseys. (AP) -Marc Savard is excited about playing in the Boston Bruins next game after missing the past 24 recovering from a concussion. ' ' '