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Yankees beat Rays, reclaim first place over Orioles by one game

Russell Martin, right, high-fives third base coach Rob

Photo credit: AP | Russell Martin, right, high-fives third base coach Rob Thomson after hitting a sixth-inning home run off Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Matt Moore during a game in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Sept. 5, 2012)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- His team in a tailspin and no longer in sole possession of first place, Joe Girardi took the team-meeting approach Wednesday afternoon.

"We talked about some things," Girardi said shortly after it ended. "We just wanted to talk about some of the things that we're going through, the importance that you go through it, you've been through it and we'll come out of it."

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