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Tampa Bay Rays' Ben Zobrist, left, and Johnny Damon celebrate after both scored on a hit by Evan Longoria during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Monday, July 18, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mike Carlson, Associated Press
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New York Yankees, from left, Robinson Cano, Jorge Posada and manager Joe Girardi look up with a Tampa Bay Rays groundskeeper after a series of lights went out during the fifth inning of a baseball game, causing a delay in the game Monday, July 18, 2011, i Mike Carlson, Associated Press
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Tampa Bay Rays' Robinson Chirinos leaves the batter's box with a double in his first major league at-bat, in the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Monday, July 18, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mike Carlson, Associated Press
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New York Yankees starting pitcher A.J. Burnett throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, July 18, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mike Carlson, Associated Press
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Tampa Bay Rays' Robinson Chirinos celebrates after scoring in the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Monday, July 18, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mike Carlson, Associated Press
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Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Alex Cobb throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Monday, July 18, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mike Carlson, Associated Press
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New York Yankees starting pitcher A.J. Burnett reacts after giving up an RBI-single to Tampa Bay Rays' Casey Kotchman during the second inning of a baseball game Monday, July 18, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mike Carlson, Associated Press
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New York Yankees' Brett Gardner, right, steals second base as Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Sean Rodriguez awaits a late throw in the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, July 18, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mike Carlson, Associated Press
By Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Russell Martin drew a basebs-loaded walk with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, giving the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.

Robinson Cano, Mark Teixeira, Brett Gardner and Eduardo Nunez also drove in runs for the second-place Yankees, who rallied from a 4-1 deficit to remain 1½ games behind the Boston Red Sox in the AL East standings.

Rookie left-hander Alex Torres (0-1) yielded the winning run in his major league debut after New York loaded the bases on Curtis Granderson's single, an intentional walk to Nick Swisher and another walk to Andruw Jones. Martin worked Torres to a full count, fouled off a pitch and then took ball four to push Granderson across the plate.

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