TAMPA. Fla. — Jonathan Aranda delivered a two-run, walk-off homer in the 10th inning Saturday as the Rays beat the New York Yankees 10-8 to snap a four-game losing streak.

With a placed runner on second base, Aranda, who looked to be hurt during a fifth-inning collision with catcher Ben Rortvedt, led off the 10th with a homer to right field.

The Rays trailed 6-1 in the fourth inning and 8-4 in the ninth before rallying to tie.

For much of the afternoon, it appeared shortstop Jose Caballero’s acrobatic play in the first inning was going to be the Rays’ highlight.

He dove to his left to smother a grounder, grabbed the ball, then flipped it through his legs — long snapper-style — to second. Brandon Lowe made a barehanded grab to get the out, then fired to first to complete the double play (replay reversed the original call of safe).

But that changed when they rallied for four runs in the ninth off Yankees closer Devin Williams.

Down 8-4 with one out, Caballero singled and went to second on an errant throw. Ben Rortvedt walked. Chandler Simpson, 0 for 4 to that point in his major-league debut, laced a ball to left field that hopped the wall for a ground-rule double, scoring one.

Yandy Diaz followed with a single that cut the lead to 8-6. Then Brandon Lowe, hitless in his previous nine at-bats, delivered the biggest hit, a two-run single to tie the score.

The Rays trailed 6-1 in the fourth as Shane Baz, who has been one of their best starters, had a rough day. He was knocked out in the fourth inning after giving up five runs on four hits, four walks and a hit-batsman.

Just scoring a run on Diaz’s third-inning single was something, snapping a 17-inning scoreless streak that went back to the third inning of Thursday’s game.

The Rays added three more in the fourth, with something of an actual rally. Junior Caminero doubled, Jake Mangum delivered a one-out RBI single, Kameron Misner reached on a fielder’s choice, Caballero doubled and Rortvedt made his second hit of the season count, lacing a two-run single to left.

Are you serious?!

The Yankees jumped on Baz early, getting two runs in a messy 33-pitch first inning. It started with a hit batter and included three singles around Caballero’s dazzling play.

They added a Trent Grisham homer in the second, then three runs in the fourth after Baz left following consecutive one-out walks.

Manny Rodriguez threw a wild pitch to advance the runners, hit Rice to load the bases, then allowed a two-run single to Aaron Judge and a sacrifice fly to Austin Wells.

Sunday: vs. Yankees

1:40 p.m. ET, Steinbrenner Field, Tampa

Pitchers: Rays — RH Ryan Pepiot (1-2, 4.91); Yankees — LH Max Fried (2-0, 1.56)

Info: raysbaseball.com

On deck

Monday: Off

Tuesday: at Diamondbacks, 9:40 p.m. Rays, RH Zack Littell (0-4, 5.48); Diamondbacks, RH Brandon Pfaadt (3-1, 3.04)

Wednesday: at DiamondBacks, 9:40 p.m. Rays, RH Taj Bradley (2-1, 5.24); Diamondbacks, LH Eduardo Rodriguez (1-2, 4.09)

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