TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Ian Seymour struck out 12 over 5 1/3 innings and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the New York Yankees 6-4 on Tuesday night at George Steinbrenner Field.

The Yankees took a 3-2 lead in the third on Ben Rice’s three-run homer, his 26th. Tampa Bay answered with four runs in the fourth, including a two-run shot by Hunter Feduccia and an RBI double from Richie Palacios. The Rays added a run in the second on Yandy Díaz’s RBI single.

New York scored once in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Ali Sánchez, but Bryan Baker earned his 24th save with a scoreless ninth.

Seymour (6-1) allowed five hits and three earned runs. Will Warren (7-4) took the loss, giving up six runs on eight hits in 3 2/3 innings.

Díaz went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs, and Victor Mesa Jr. also homered. Rice was 3-for-4 with three RBIs for the Yankees (50-41). The Rays improved to 53-36.

Attendance was 18,115. Time of game was 2:38.