ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Billy Butler has hits in his first five games as a member of the New York Yankees, the best streak to start a career in pinstripes in more than two years. His two doubles Tuesday helped the Yankees to a 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays to snap a five-game losing streak.Billys done a really good job, manager Joe Girardi said. We brought him in here to face left-handers. He had a couple of doubles again today. Hes swung the bat really well for us. Its important that you try to spread it around -- the more guys you have stacked together that can swing the bat obviously helps.As the Yankees struggle to stay alive in the American League wild-card chase, trailing by 3 1/2 games with 12 to play, every win carries urgency now. New York will try to win Wednesday against a pitcher with near-historic success against them.Rays starter Alex Cobb (1-0, 3.06) is making his fourth start since returning from Tommy John surgery, but he has always pitched well against the Yankees. For his career, hes 5-2 with a 2.13 ERA, and among pitchers with 10 or more starts against New York, the .187 average is the lowest in baseball history.Cobb earned his first win of the season last week against Toronto, going 6.2 innings and holding the Blue Jays to two hits and one run. He faced the Yankees just two weeks ago, allowing three earned runs in six innings and taking a no-decision.What helps the Yankees is that RHP Masahiro Tanaka also has phenomenal career numbers against the Rays -- hes 5-0 with a 2.42 ERA, with 47 strikeouts against only two walks. Overall, hes 13-4 with a 2.97 ERA that is the lowest in the AL, giving him a chance to be the Yankees first AL ERA champ since Rudy May in 1980. In his last eight starts overall, hes 6-0 with a 1.86 ERA, so hits will be hard to come by for both teams Wednesday.The Rays will have to figure out how to get past Yankees rookie catcher Gary Sanchez, who has 17 home runs in his first 44 games, including the game-winning three-run home run in seventh inning of Tuesdays 5-3 win.I know Gary Sanchez is having a tremendous year, Rays manager Kevin Cash said after Tuesdays loss, deciding to allow reliever Brad Boxberger to pitch to Sanchez rather than intentionally walk him with first base open and two outs.Theyll also need to step up at the plate, after striking out 16 times against the Yankees on Tuesday, matching New Yorks staff high this season and their most in any nine-inning road game since 2012. The Yankees now have 42 come-from-behind wins, their most in any season since 2012. 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He bettered that with a long-range blast that went in off the goal frame in the 18th, and converted a penalty in the 72nd after Diego Mainz was sent off for fouling Aduriz with only the goalkeeper to beat. DALLAS -- Mikey Garcia quickly got over the disappointment of losing his crown. Garcia stopped Juan Manuel Lopez in the fourth round Saturday night, leaving the WBO featherweight title vacant after Garcia failed to make weight. Garcia (32-0) weighed in at 128 pounds Friday, two over the featherweight limit. Lopez weighed in at 125 1/2. Even though he tried to shed a couple pounds before the weigh-in, Garcia knew it was likely he was going to have to forfeit his title. "The disappointment was there because I lost my title," Garcia said. "I was crying a little bit because I knew I wasnt the champion. But everybody got a chance to see Im a good fighter. This was a satisfying victory." Garcia put Lopez on the ground with a strong left-handed blow 1:34 into the fourth round for his 27th career knockout. The 25-year-old Californian connected on 53 punches -- 40 of them jabs. Lopez connected on only 23 of 153 attempted punches. Lopez (33-3) would have regained the title with a win. "Its not that I wanted to make a statement," Garcia said. "We just had a really good night." Garcia won the title from Orlando Salido in a unanimous decision in New York on Jan. 19. The title reign, however, was short-lived after Garcia didnt make weight. The only two losses of Lopezs career were to Salido. The first one cost him the WBO belt, and the second led to a one-year suspension by Puerto Rican boxing offiicials when he accused the referee who stopped the fight of betting on the match.dddddddddddd Lopez had won twice since his one-year ban ended, beating Aldimar Silva Santos in February and knocking out Eugenio Lopez in an undercard bout in Mexico City in April. Garcias plan was to attack early with the jab and step back from Lopez before attacking. With a majority of fans chanting his first name early, Garcia came out and landed a series of jabs in the first round. In the second round, Garcia knocked Lopez down with a right cross. Lopez quickly rose to his feet and completed the round. Garcia finished off the 29-year-old Lopez two rounds later. "I was able to land my jab and stand pretty comfortable," Garcia said. "When I knocked him down, that gave me confidence that I could put him out early." Lopez appeared wobbly early in the fourth after Garcia landed a combination of punches. Garcia finished him off with a powerful left hook. Lopez slowly got up and referee Rafael Ramos quickly called the match. "We executed perfectly" said Garcias older brother and co-trainer, Robert Garcia. On the undercard, Terence Crawford (21-0) won the vacant NABO lightweight title, stopping Alejandro Sanabria (34-2-1) in the sixth round. Crawford dropped Sanabria with a left hook 17 seconds into the round. Sanabria got up, but the referee called the fight to give Crawford his 16th knockout victory. ' ' '