Amid a rough spring, Yankees' Gleyber Torres comes through in a key moment at Tampa Bay

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Celebratory cheers could be heard outside the visiting clubhouse late Sunday afternoon, rewarding the efforts of several Yankees.

Jahmai Jones’ first MLB career home run and Luis Gil’s latest sharp start – six shutout innings – were praiseworthy achievements, as was catcher Jose Trevino’s two-homer game.

And there was the struggling Gleyber Torres, whose contribution to a 10-6 win against the Tampa Bay Rays felt like a victory of its own.

“Especially in a moment like that,’’ Torres said of his late three-run homer at Tropicana Field, restoring order after a chaotic seventh inning. “It feels good because I did something for the team.’’

Gleyber Torres' rough spring stretch

Since his first home run of the year, on May 2, Torres had been in a 4-for-30 slide with zero extra-base hits as he came to bat in Sunday’s eighth inning, with the Yanks clinging to a one-run lead.

“That was big, big blow, to allow us to exhale,’’ manager Aaron Boone said of Torres’ homer off reliever Shawn Armstrong, expanding the Yanks’ edge after the Rays’ five-run seventh.

Benched on Saturday and hitless in his first three at-bats on Mother’s Day, Torres came to the rescue after relievers Caleb Ferguson and Nick Burdi almost completely torched a 6-0 lead.

Ferguson retired just one batter, giving up a grand slam to No. 9 hitter Jose Siri and exited for Burdi, who loaded the bases on two walks and a hit batter.

And it could have been worse.

Luke Weaver entered and clipped Isaac Paredes in the helmet, forcing in the Rays’ fifth run of the inning, but he shut the door from there.

Following a single by Giancarlo Stanton and a double by Anthony Rizzo with one out in the eighth, Torres fell behind in the count, 0-2, against Armstrong before drilling a 2-2 pitch to left.

Torres watched its flight, flipped the bat away, trotted around the bases and landed in the embrace of Rizzo as another very-pro Yankees crowd of 20,694 chanted and cheered.

“Just trying to put a ball in play, hit a fly ball, anything to get a run in,’’ said Torres, batting .208 in his free agent walk year, with a .562 OPS.

Luis Gil's third sharp start for the Yankees

Later in the inning, Trevino completed his second career two-homer game, the fifth homer by the Yankees (27-15) Sunday as they won the series from the Rays (20-21).

Extending his on-base streak to 10 straight games, Anthony Volpe opened the game by tripling to the right field corner and scoring on Juan Soto’s sacrifice fly.

And after a bit of a shaky start throwing strikes, Gil (4-1) yielded just three hits and two walks over six innings, in a 91-pitch outing.

“He’s on the attack all the time, he doesn’t give in to anybody,’’ Trevino said of Gil’s fastball-changeup-slider assortment, which he classified as “electric’’ the first time he caught Gil this spring.

Gil shook off a hard comebacker to his left shin in the third and resumed his solid run, yielding just one run over his last three starts, totaling 18.1 innings.

“Now, it’s just about keeping the focus and (to) keep working,’’ Gil said through an interpreter.

Also struggling lately at the plate, Alex Verdugo (0-for-16 and 3-for-28) found himself rested from the lineup Sunday against Rays’ starter Tyler Alexander.

Jahmai Jones' first career homer, in a rare Yankees start

In seven innings, the lefty Alexander yielded three home runs – including Aaron Judge’s two-run shot, his team-leading 10th homer - to put the Rays in a 6-0 deficit.

In Verdugo’s place stepped a novice left fielder, making just his second start of the season.

Jones has spent most of the season’s first quarter watching from the Yankees’ bench, but “he’s ready at any moment, any situation,’’ said Boone, admitting he’s “probably unfairly not played him enough.’’

But the constantly upbeat Jones said he’s known his role and has stayed prepared.

“I love being a part of this team and we’re winning. And that’s’ all that matters,’’ said Jones, who had just six plate appearances entering Sunday.

Yankees security retrieved the baseball for Jones, who was looking forward to calling his mom to wish her an even more special Mother’s Day.

“To do it on this day, I can’t really put it into words,’’ said Jones. “It’s something I’ll never forget.’’

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