James Shields pitcher 7 1/3 dominant innings to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees, taking the rubber match of the three-game series between American League East powers.

Shields confused Yankee hitters with his well-known changeup all game, striking out 11 while only walking one and yielding four hits as Tampa cut the Yankees’ AL East lead back to one game.

The Rays righty left with one out in the eighth after giving up a single to Derek Jeter, but newly-acquired Chad Qualls promptly got recent Yankee pick-up Lance Berkman to hit into a double play. Rafael Soriano worked the ninth for his 30th save of the season.

Shields’ gem allowed Tampa to get a victory against New York ace CC Sabathia. Sabathia (13-5) was not as sharp as normal, allowing eight hits and three walks in 6 2/3 innings, while striking out only three. Sabathia had a 1-2-3 first inning, but allowed at least one runner to reach in every inning after.

Tampa’s opened the scoring in the second inning, when Kelly Shoppach hit a two-out bloop single over the first baseman Berkman’s head to make it 1-0. The Rays added some insurance the following frame, courtesy of an RBI infield single by Carl Crawford and then an Evan Longoria double play that allowed B.J. Upton to score.

Alex Rodriguez did not start Sunday, but pinch-hit for Austin Kearns with one runner on and two outs in the seventh inning. Shields got Rodriguez to strikeout looking, so the Yankee slugger remains stuck at 599 career home runs.