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Stanton, Yankees power way to 9-3 win against Rays in opener

Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for New York’s fourth home run of the game, and the Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-3 Monday night in the opener of their AL Division Series at Petco Park.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 9 15 0
1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
WING. Cole(1-0)6.0 IP, 3 ER, 8 K, 2 BB
LOSSB. Snell(0-1)5.0 IP, 4 ER, 4 K, 2 BB

Scoring Summary

INNING NYY TB
1st Hicks hit sacrifice fly to center, LeMahieu scored. 1 0
1st Arozarena homered to center (410 feet). 1 1
3rd Frazier homered to left (418 feet). 2 1
4th Choi homered to center (429 feet), Arozarena scored. 2 3
5th Higashioka homered to left (417 feet). 3 3
5th Judge homered to left (374 feet). 4 3
9th Hicks singled to right center, Higashioka scored, LeMahieu to second. 5 3
9th Stanton homered to center (411 feet), LeMahieu scored, Hicks scored and Wade scored. 9 3

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