A turning point is presenting itself to the Yankees.

It is less than a week’s worth of games so far, a small shift of the tectonic plates over a 162-game season, but after a second straight comeback, feel-good victory over the Rays, 9-8 on Saturday afternoon in The Bronx, powered by two Aaron Judge home runs and the legs of Anthony Volpe, the window of opportunity looks open for the Yankees.

An offense that struggled through April is finding itself in May, the latest evidence coming as it turned around a 6-0 deficit one day after twice coming up big in the late innings on Friday, in equally dramatic fashion. 

Almost immediately after Nestor Cortes allowed a five-spot in the top of the fifth on Saturday, a moment that could have wrought an end to the competitive proceedings, the Yankees refused to bow down.

Kyle Higashioka and Aaron Judge cut the deficit to 6-4 in the bottom half of the inning with a pair of two-run home runs that chased Tampa starter Shane McClanahan and set the tone for the rest of the afternoon.

Volpe made it 6-5 in the sixth by manufacturing a run all by himself, legging out a bunt single, stealing two bases, then getting home on a wild pitch. 

After Ryan Thompson hit Gleyber Torres with a pitch, that brought up Judge, who sent a 1-2 slider into the second deck in left field at 113.5 miles per hour for a 7-6 lead.

Oswaldo Cabrera, who’d been inserted into the game for Isiah Kiner-Falefa in left field just an inning earlier, added two insurance runs by driving in Anthony Rizzo and D.J. LeMahieu with a base hit through the four-hole.

Of course, it would not be so easy.

The Rays clawed back to within a run as Randy Arozarena singled home two runs in the seventh, putting the Yankees within spitting distance of blowing the game.

But Clay Holmes escaped the seventh without any further damage, then worked in and out of trouble in the eighth.

That left the ninth for Wandy Peralta, who slammed the door.

The Rays got on the board in the third inning, as three straight singles from Arozarena, Isaac Paredes and Taylor Walls scored Arozarena, before Nestor Cortes got out of the jam by getting Manuel Margot to ground into a double play.

The lefty would not be so lucky two innings later.

Cortes loaded the bases by walking Manuel Margot and Jose Siri before giving up a single to Francisco Mejia. Yandy Diaz proceeded to break the game open, belting a grand slam off a 2-1 cutter. 

On a day where he finished with just three strikeouts, flirting with hard contact until disaster struck, Cortes was hooked after 4 ⅓ innings, being credited with six runs.

Wander Franco, who doubled off Cortes before the pitcher was removed, came around to score on an infield single from Arozarena, which Rays manager Kevin Cash successfully challenged.

At that point, this looked on course for the sort of loss that would have wiped Friday’s morale-boost clean and made you wonder whether sweeping the A’s was worth anyone’s time. 

Instead, the Yankees have won five of six. They are guaranteed at least a split with the Rays, with a chance to take three of four on Sunday afternoon. The deficit in the AL East is seven games, which could be a manageable-by-comparison six by the end of Sunday.

And maybe by then, the sky will no longer be falling over The Bronx.