Tempers flare in Yanks-Rays matchup

One day after Yankees manager Joe Girardi insisted his club would not retaliate for a violent home-plate collision in Saturday's game against the Rays, both clubs spilled onto the field at Progress Energy Park in a bench-clearing incident Wednesday.

After Yankees starter Heath Phillips was ejected in the first inning for grazing Rays third baseman Evan Longoria with an up-and-in fastball, the Yankees' Shelley Duncan cleared the benches by sliding hard into Rays second baseman Aki Iwamura in the bottom of the second. Continue