NEW YORK – Randy Arozarena homered twice and the Tampa Bay Rays clinched their first AL East title in 10 years Wednesday night with an 8-5 victory over the New York Mets.Joey Wendle and Brandon Lowe also went deep for the Rays, who will be home at quirky Tropicana Field for a best-of-three first-round playoff series beginning next Tuesday.It is the third division crown in franchise history for the thrifty Rays, who also won the AL East in 2008 and 2010.
After missing a chance to clinch Tuesday, they went into Wednesday again needing just a win or a New York Yankees loss against Toronto to lock up the division championship.The Rays (37-20) broke a 2-all tie in the sixth and took care of business themselves.___More AP baseball:.