ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Alex Cobb pitched neatly into the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays became just the fourth team in major league history to reach .500 after falling 18 games under in the same season, beating the New York Yankees 5-0 Friday night. The Rays won their third in a row and sent New York to its fifth straight loss. Tampa Bay also accomplished the comeback feat in 2004 when known as the Devil Rays. The 1899 Louisville Colonels and 2006 Florida Marlins have also gotten back to the break-even point after dropping 18 under. The Rays, now 61-61, were 24-42 on June 10. They are trying to become the first club to finish with a winning record after being so far under. Cobb (8-6) gave up six hits in 7 1-3 innings, striking out eight and walking one. He improved 4-0 in six career home starts against the Yankees. After giving up a single to Derek Jeter that loaded the bases, Brad Boxberger struck Jacoby Ellsbury and Mark Teixeira. Tampa Bay has held its opponents to three runs or less in a club-record 11 consecutive games. Brandon McCarthy (4-2) gave up four runs and seven hits over 6 1-3 innings. New York has scored a total of seven runs during its current skid, which includes a pair of shutouts. The Rays took a 2-0 lead in the first on RBI grounders by Evan Longoria and James Loney. Loney homered in the eighth when Esmil Rogers tried to quick pitch him. Curt Casali singled home a run and Ben Zobrist hit the Rays third RBI grounder of the game during the seventh as Tampa Bay took a 4-0 lead. TRAINERS ROOM Yankees: C Brian McCann could be activated from the seven-day concussion list this weekend. ... RHP Masahiro Tanaka (right elbow) will have his first bullpen session Saturday. Rays: CF Desmond Jennings (sore left shoulder) was back in the starting lineup after missing two games. UP NEXT Rays LHP Drew Smyly (7-10) and Yankees rookie RHP Shane Greene (3-1) are Saturdays scheduled starters. Smyly will make his first home start since being obtained from Detroit in a three-team deal July 31 that sent Tampa Bay ace David Price to the Tigers. Marc-Andre Ter Stegen Jersey . The 2010 batting champ showed what he can do when hes mostly healthy. Gonzalez homered, doubled and singled in his return to the lineup, and the Colorado Rockies snapped a five-game losing streak with a 13-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night. Lucas Torreira Jersey . Felix Pie had an RBI double earlier in the inning, as Baltimore rallied for three runs to overcome a 3-2 deficit. J.J. Hardy had two hits and Matt Wieters chipped in with an RBI double for the Orioles, who pushed their winning streak to three games. http://www.footballarsenalstore.com/Wome...enal-Fc-Jersey/. Al Horford said all he had to do was make the catch near the basket and then shoot a soft jumper. Carl Jenkinson Jersey . The team sent out a press release on Friday stating Poile was resting and recovering and that he will remain in hospital for further observation. The Predators were preparing for the game against the Wild when Poile was hit by a puck that flew off the ice at him where he was standing in a tunnel behind the bench. Rob Holding Arsenal Jersey . -- John Senden never imagined it would take more than seven years to win again.CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Carolina Panthers have signed offensive tackle Mike Remmers and safety Robert Lester to their 53-man roster.Remmers had been with the Rams practice squad, while Lester was on Carolinas practice squad.To make room, Carolina placed linebacker Chase Blackburn on injured reserve with a knee injury and waived running back Darrin Reaves on Tuesday.The Panthers had only three offensive tackles on the roster, and starters BByron Bell (elbow) and Nate Chandler (groin) are hurt.ddddddddddddThe 6-foot-5, 300-pound Remmers spent time on practice squads in Tampa Bay, Minnesota and St. Louis. He played one game for the Chargers in 2013, and entered the NFL in 2012 as an undrafted free agent from Oregon State.Blackburn played in six games this season, started two and has 11 tackles.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '