"Next time, I’m going to try my best not to do what I did,'' said Jose Caballero, after being tossed out in the 10th inning of the Yankees' Wednesday night win at Tampa.

Schlitt happens. History did not, but neither did an awful loss, which the Yankees flirted with as much as Cam Schlittler did a perfect game.

New York finished with five home runs Wednesday night and 14 in the series sweep of the Rays, tying a major league record (Reds, 1999) for most homers in a two-game series.