Andy Pettitte and Yankees beat Rays, roll into series with Red Sox in Bronx

NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 4/16/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]

Andy Pettitte had to work through his seven innings and was in trouble for much of the night, giving up nine hits and three walks, but the Rays couldn't muster much in the Yankees' 5-3 win that completed a two-game sweep of Tampa Bay. [link]

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