Mariano Rivera gained his 13th save of the season and 426th of his career on Sunday afternoon in Florida as the Yankees beat Tampa Bay 7-6.
Rivera faced Iwamura to start the ninth and he blooped a single to center in front of the diving Melky Cabrera. Carl Crawford was awarded first base on catcher's indifference and the Yankee one run lead was tenuous at best.
Brendan Harris failed to sacrifice the runners and eventually hit into a double play - third to first. Carlos Pena was the last hope and Mo got him to pop up to third to end the game.
Rivera's ERA for the season now stands at 3.41.
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