Mac attacks: McCann goes yard twice

NEW YORK — Even in a game with another big moment for a Baby Bomber, Brian McCann showed what the Yankees’ veterans still mean to the club.

In New York’s 5-4, walk-off win against the Rays in Thursday night’s series opener at Yankee Stadium, rookie Tyler Austin dealt the final blow, but it was McCann who went 3-for-4 and came up with a pair of key home runs of his own to pace the Yankees earlier in the game.

“You want to pull your weight. You want to pull your weight around here,” McCann said. “For a large part of the season, I haven’t been doing that, so tonight it was nice to get through some baseballs.”

McCann’s two solo homers off Tampa Bay starter Alex Cobb, his 18th and 19th of the year, both gave New York a lead. The first was a 413-foot answering shot deep into the second deck in right field in the bottom of the second inning, after the Rays had tied the game at 2 in the …

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