Meadows homers in 11th, Rays rally past Dodgers 8-7
(WorldNews Sport)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Austin Meadows homered leading off the 11th inning, sending Tampa Bay to an 8-7 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers that helped the Rays keep pace in the AL wild-card race and prevented the New York Yankees from clinching the AL East title Wednesday night. Tampa Bay remained two games behind Oakland for the top wild card and a half-game ahead of Cleveland for the second spot. Meadows slugged his 32nd homer off Josh Sborz (0-1), and Ji-Man Choi`s sacrifice fly tacked on an insurance run after the Rays had rallied for two runs off closer Kenley Jansen in the ninth. Tommy Pham had a career-high five hits for the Rays, who ended a two-game skid. Tampa Bay took advantage of...