Trying to provide a spark, Wells instead runs Yanks out of lone scoring chance

Austin Wells ended the New York Yankees' best scoring opportunity by getting thrown out at third base during an eighth-inning rally, sealing a 1-0 victory for the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the ALDS on Saturday. Rays starter Drew Rasmussen had carried a no-hitter through 7 2/3 innings before Wells hit a double down the right-field line and attempted to stretch it into a triple.

Wells ran through a stop sign from third-base coach Luis Rojas before being easily thrown out on a relay from outfielder Victor Mesa Jr. to shortstop Taylor Walls to third baseman Junior Caminero. Yankees manager Aaron Boone described the baserunning decision as a mistake, while Rays closer Bryan Baker later retired New York in order in the ninth inning.