Rays again make it a tough day for Rivera

Joe Dillon hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning Saturday and Tampa Bay roughed up Mariano Rivera for the second time this season, defeating the New York Yankees, 9-7.

David Price left with a chance to beat CC Sabathia in a matchup pitting a potential ace against an established one. But the Yankees rallied for two runs in the eighth to tie it, 5-5.

Rivera (0-2) gave up four runs and three hits in the ninth to the Rays, who have won four in a row. They are 3-0 at the new Yankee Stadium, including an 8-6 victory May 7 when Rivera served up consecutive homers for the first time in his career. Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria connected for ninth-inning solo shots in that one.