Rays, benefiting from fan-interference call, complete sweep of Yankees

By Field Level Media Oct 08 (By Larry Fleisher, Field Level Media) NEW YORK Rookie Victor Mesa Jr. belted a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays earned a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep of their American League Division Series. The Rays are headed to the AL Championship Series for ​the third time in club history and will host the Chicago White Sox or Cleveland Guardians in a best- of-seven series ‌that begins Monday. The way our pitchers just executed multiple times through that lineup was really, really impressive, but we did it for the most part by just limiting walks, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. If you don t walk them, you re going to give yourself a chance. Tampa Bay also celebrated at Yankee Stadium for the second time this season after clinching the AL East title with a 6-1 win over the Yankees on Sept. 22. The Yankees were thwarted in part by a fan-interference call that overturned a ‌pot