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The Yankees seem to thrive onthis extra innings busine s.A day after the Yankees scored five runs in the 10th inning to topple the Rays, they scored four runs in the 11th on Friday night to beat the Rays by an identical 8-4 score.The Yankees had several heroes, but let's start with the most obvious: Aaron Judge started thescoring with a solo home run in the firstthen hit what proved Paulson Adebo Jersey to be the game winner with a solo shot to open the 11th off Rays relieverRyne Stanek.. has a pair of homers tonight ... ten innings apart.(MLB x ) MLB (@MLB) The Yankees got a big pinch-hit solohome run from Aaron Hicks to tie it at 4 runs each in the eighth.Pinch Hicks ... New York Yankees (@Yankees) And Brett Gardner's three-run homer in the 11th gave the Yankees a much-neededcushionas New Orleans Saints Hats the Rays loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning but failed to score.The fact that those two extra-inning outbursts came against their closest American League East rival makes things that much sweeter for the Yankees (57-29).New York now leads Tampa Bay (50-39) by 8 1/2 games.Studs of the nightMarlins right handerJordan Yamamoto pitched six scorele s innings against the Braves, allowing only two hits and striking out seven.Josh Bell cranked his 27th home run, a three-run shot in the ninth inning, that highlighted a five-run Pirates rallyto send the game into extra innings against the Brewers. Milwaukee won, 7-6 in 10 innings. Bell leads the majors Mark Ingram II Jersey with 84 RBIs.Dudof the NightMets relieverEdwin Daz gave up four earned runs and recorded only one out in a 7-2 lo s Ian Book Jersey to the Phillies.HighlightsThe Twins thumped the Rangers, 15-6, hitting four home runs in the proce s. They now have 163 homers on the season, the most ever by a team before the All-Star break.The have now hit more HR prior to the All-Star Break - 163 and counting - than any team ever, breaking the mark set by the Yankees last season. MLB Stats (@MLBStats) This Mike Trout fella is really good.. has homered 4 times in the past 3 days. MLB (@MLB) What's NextBrewers (47-42) at Pirates (42-45), 4:05 p.m. ET These two teams have their sights set onthe National League Central crown along with every other team in the crowded division. The Pirates will go with right hander Trevor Williams (3-2, 4.54 ERA), who did not allow an earned run in 19 innings and three starts against the Brewers last year.Adrian Houser (2-2, 3.26 ERA) gets the call Joe Horn Jersey for Milwaukee.