NEW YORK -- Blake Snell continues to make pitching look easy.
Tampa Bay's ace followed his five-perfect-innings outing against the Blue Jays on Friday with five scoreless innings against the Yankees in Thursday afternoon's 3-1 win at Yankee Stadium.
Things got tight in the ninth after Sergio Romo gave up a pair of hits and a walk to begin the inning, but Adam Kolarek came in and retired the next three batters in order to shut the door.

The win gave the Rays their first series win at Yankee Stadium since June 30-July 2, 2014, moving Tampa Bay to 62-59 on the season.
Snell was not yet stretched out enough to go deeper, as he was making only his third start since coming off the disabled list with left shoulder fatigue. He threw 76 pitches.
"We knew he was on some sort of a pitch count as they try to build him back up, so I thought we did a good job really in the first three innings of making it difficult," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "I mean, he's been one of the best pitchers in the league and I thought you saw that today. You saw stuff-wise how tough he can be."

Heaven help the American League once Snell is sufficiently fueled to log 100 or more pitches.
Snell allowed two hits and a walk while striking out six in five innings to earn his 14th win of the season. He retired the last eight batters he faced.
"I'm happy with [the outing]," Snell said. "Excited to continue to build up the pitch count. Overall, I'm in the strike zone a lot. Attacking hitters."
While Snell did his part on the mound, the Rays' offense got busy early against Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka, who pitched a three-hit shutout the last time he faced Tampa Bay on July 24 at Tropicana Field.

Joey Wendle had an RBI double and Tommy Pham added a run-scoring double of his own off Tanaka in the first to give the Rays a 2-0 lead.
"I thought [Tanaka] was very sharp, very good," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "You take away the first inning, and I thought he was just as tough as what we've normally grown to see out of him."
Jake Bauers' squeeze bunt off Player Page for David Robertson drove home Mallex Smith in the eighth to extend the lead.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Kolarek saves the day: Romo started the ninth looking for career save No. 100. Instead, Kolarek came away with career save No. 1. The left-hander took over for Romo with no outs and the bases loaded, retiring Greg Bird on a foul popout before striking out Brett Gardner and Austin Romine to preserve the win and earn the save.
"He kept his composure," Cash said. "That was more [important] than anything. You just wanted to see strikes, give himself a chance. He did that."
Kolarek said that he "was really happy" that he retired Bird on the first pitch.
"Once you get that first out, you know you're just kind of one pitch away," Kolarek said. "Then I was just fortunate to get the strikeouts. They're always fun to get."

SOUND SMART
Snell became the first Rays pitcher to notch 14 wins in a season since Matt Moore in 2013. He picked up the win while snapping a three-start streak of allowing four runs or more against the Yankees.
HE SAID IT
"Obviously, it means something. Especially for this group of guys who have the hopes that we do -- for not only the rest of this year, but into next year. Hopefully it's just a sign of better days here." -- Bauers, on the Rays winning their first series at Yankee Stadium since 2014
MITEL REPLAY OF THE DAY
An umpire review took place in the eighth when Giancarlo Stanton hit a ball that was ruled a home run down the right-field line. After a conference of one minute, 58 seconds, the call on the field was overturned, leaving Stanton with an RBI double that cut the Rays' lead to 3-1.
"Replay just told us what we did," crew chief Jerry Layne said. "It said that it was a fair ball instead of foul like we thought. We came out of the huddle. Originally [first-base umpire] Greg [Gibson] thought it was a home run and then he said, 'I think it was foul because it hit the wall in foul [territory].'"
Added Cash: "They got it right. They got it exactly right."

UP NEXT
Ryne Stanek will start Friday night when the Rays open a three-game series against the Red Sox in a 7:10 p.m. ET contest at Fenway Park. Since the beginning of June, he is 0-2 with a 1.86 ERA in 31 appearances (17 starts). His average fastball velocity this season is 97.9 mph, according to Statcast™, and his max velocity was 100.5 mph -- in his May 26 start vs. Baltimore. Left-hander Christopher Johnson will start for the Red Sox.