Yankees rally from four-run deficit to top Rays in season finale
3 sources • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 25, 2026, 2:40 AM
Last updated Sep 25, 2026
The New York Yankees mounted a comeback to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on September 24, 2026, at Yankee Stadium. Rookie George Lombard Jr. played a pivotal role, contributing a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning and finishing with three RBIs. The Yankees had fallen behind 4-0 due to RBI hits from Junior Caminero, but Austin Wells ignited the offense with a sixth-inning homer, and the team scored six unanswered runs to close the game. The Yankees improve to 92-67, while the Rays, having already clinched the AL East title, drop to 96-63. The Yankees next face the Baltimore Orioles in a doubleheader on September 25, 2026.
- •Yankees come back from 4-0 down to win 6-4.
- •George Lombard Jr. hits a two-run homer in the eighth.
- •Austin Wells' sixth-inning homer sparks the Yankees' rally.
- •Cam Schlitter finishes season with 1.95 ERA after limited innings.
- •Yankees play a doubleheader against the Orioles next.
- 2:40 AMYahoo Sports — Lombard's incredible slide, tiebreaking homer lift Yanks over Rays. Schlitter finishes with 1.95 ERA
- 2:23 AMYahoo Sports — Yankees erase a four-run deficit to beat the Rays in final regular season rumble
- 1:58 AMYahoo Sports — George Lombard Jr.'s late go-ahead homer punctuates Yankees' 6-4 comeback win over Rays
"Rookie George Lombard Jr. scored on an incredible slide and followed with a tiebreaking. Lombard, who debuted on Aug. 4, had three RBIs for the Yankees (92-67), who overcame a 4-0 deficit. Austin Wells started New York’s comeback with a sixth-inning homer off Jake Woodford and Lombard cut the deficit to 4-2 in the three-run seventh.
"Cam Schlittler made his final start of a season worthy of the AL Cy Young, while George Lombard Jr. powered the Yankees to a 6-4 come-from-behind win over the rival Tampa Bay Rays.
"Led by George Lombard Jr., the Yanks came alive against the Rays bullpen just in time to win three of four.
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External links- Yahoo SportsSep 25, 2026, 2:40 AMLombard's incredible slide, tiebreaking homer lift Yanks over Rays. Schlitter finishes with 1.95 ERA
Rookie George Lombard Jr. scored on an incredible slide and followed with a tiebreaking. Lombard, who debuted on Aug. 4, had three RBIs for the Yankees (92-67), who overcame a 4-0 deficit. Austin Wells started New York’s comeback with a sixth-inning homer off Jake Woodford and Lombard cut the deficit to 4-2 in the three-run seventh.
- Yahoo SportsSep 25, 2026, 2:23 AMYankees erase a four-run deficit to beat the Rays in final regular season rumble
Led by George Lombard Jr., the Yanks came alive against the Rays bullpen just in time to win three of four.
- Yahoo SportsSep 25, 2026, 1:58 AMGeorge Lombard Jr.'s late go-ahead homer punctuates Yankees' 6-4 comeback win over Rays
Cam Schlittler made his final start of a season worthy of the AL Cy Young, while George Lombard Jr. powered the Yankees to a 6-4 come-from-behind win over the rival Tampa Bay Rays.
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