Anthony Volpe had a rough eighth inning as the Yankees let a one-run lead get away in a 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay before 44,051 on Saturday at Yankee Stadium.

With the Yankees clinging to a 2-1 lead, Volpe suffered a left shoulder injury on a futile dive into the hole for a leadoff single off his glove by Christopher Morel.

Volpe was down for some time on the outfield grass before getting up and going through some strength tests. He stayed in the game.

Later in the inning, Volpe committed an error on a play in which the go-ahead run scored. But the Yankees were much more concerned about Volpe’s shoulder than his misplay.

Volpe had an X-ray after the game that was negative, but the soft-spoken shortstop didn’t seem confident about how his shoulder may feel going forward.

“I want to see how I feel [tomorrow],” he said. “Sleep on it and then reevaluate.”

Asked if he thought he had dodged a bullet, Volpe said: “That’s what I hope. So knock on wood. But I haven’t really been in this situation, so it’s just scary. It feels good in all the movements and everything feels good. But just a weird play . . . Happened quick. I felt like a pop in my shoulder. It happened quick and was scary. But after that I felt OK and I felt like I had my strength, so they tested me, and I feel good.”

The Yankees already are without second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., who likely is out for four to six weeks with an oblique strain.

After Morel’s single, the Rays used a walk, a double steal and an RBI single by Curtis Mead off Mark Leiter Jr. to tie the score at 2.

With runners on first and third and one out, Jose Caballero grounded a ball up the middle. Volpe, who was trying to grab the ball, touch second and throw to first for a potential inning-ending double play, instead booted it for an error as the Rays took their first lead of the day. It was the only one they would need.

“Trying to make the play — turn two — before I secured the ball,” Volpe said.

Manager Aaron Boone said he didn’t think Volpe would have been able to turn two with Caballero running. Because you can’t presume a double play anyway, the run was earned.

Cody Bellinger kept the score right there when he made a desperation leaping catch of  Kameron Misner's line drive to left for the second out. Tim Hill got Danny Jansen on a grounder to Volpe to end the inning.

Aaron Judge, who earlier hit his 11th homer, had a chance with runners on first and third and two outs in the eighth. With the option of intentionally walking Judge with Ben Rice on deck, Rays manager Kevin Cash brought in righthander Edwin Uceta, who got Judge to ground out on a one-hopper to short.

“Especially once they bring [Uceta] in,” Boone said, “you know how the Rays are going to attack. They’re not going to do that [intentional walk] very often. So no, I wasn’t surprised.”

Both teams had five hits, but the Rays drew six walks and stole six bases. The Yankees did not draw a walk. Two of the walks and two of the steals set up the Rays' first run, and a walk and three steals contributed to Tampa Bay's two-run eighth.

Ryan Yarbrough started for the Yankees instead of Clarke Schmidt, who was scratched with a sore left side. Schmidt, who had an MRI on Friday, is scheduled  to start on Tuesday against San Diego.

The soft-tossing lefty did his job, allowing one run in four innings. Yarbrough gave up one hit — a bloop single in the second — and walked three with two strikeouts.

Judge (2-for-4, .432 batting average) gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead with a first-pitch homer to right-center off Zack Littell with one out in the first. Tampa Bay tied it in the second on Taylor Wells’ sacrifice fly to center.

Austin Wells — on the day his “Wells Favurrito” breakfast burrito was introduced for sale in three sections (day games only) — gave the Yankees a 2-1 lead with a 384-foot homer to right leading off the fifth. It was Wells’ sixth home run.

The Yankees didn’t make Littell work much. He needed only 81 pitches in his seven innings (three hits, no walks, three strikeouts).

“Real efficient,” Boone said. “He controlled us a little bit.”