Seldom used Nick Franklin homers to lead Rays past Yankees
Nick Franklin? You could just imagine the players of the New York Yankees, shaking their heads and saying, “Nick Franklin?” Franklin, who was hitting only .133 in a sputtering season, cranked a two-run homer in the sixth to give the Tampa Bay Rays a lead. The Rays won, 6-3, to break a three-game losing streak. It was a while coming. Franklin, expected to contend for a middle-infield role on this team, had only one home run and only three RBI…
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