TAMPA, Fla. -- Cam Schlittler carried a bid for history deep into his seventh Major League start, retiring the first 18 batters he faced. The electric performance couldn’t guarantee a win, though: it took a big swing from Giancarlo Stanton to seal that.

After David Bednar stumbled in the ninth inning, Stanton came off the bench to launch a two-run homer one frame later and Austin Wells hit his second homer of the game as the Yankees punched back for their fifth consecutive victory, defeating the Rays, 6-4 , on Wednesday at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

Bednar was one strike away from a save when Tampa Bay’s Hunter Feduccia belted a game-tying, two-run double off the wall in right-center field, helping send the game into extra innings. Enter Stanton, who clobbered a Pete Fairbanks

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