Yankees beat Orioles 3-2 to finish with 8-game winning streak but on track to finish 2nd in AL East
The New York Yankees were on track to finish one win shy of repeating as AL East champion and lose to Toronto on a tiebreaker despite beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 Sunday behind a pair of Ben Rice home runs for a season-ending eight-game winning streak. Toronto led Tampa Bay 13-4 in the eighth inning when the Yankees’ game ended.
Rice’s 10th-inning slam lifts Yankees over Orioles 7-1, keeping NY 2 behind Toronto in AL East
Ben Rice’s tiebreaking grand slam in the top of the 10th inning lifted the New York Yankees to a 7-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, keeping the pressure on first-place Toronto in the AL East. New York remained two games behind the Blue Jays — who won at Kansas City — thanks to Rice, who had four hits and drove in five runs. Jazz Chisholm Jr. added a solo homer and Anthony Volpe an RBI single before the inning was over.
Judge hits 49th homer and Stanton smacks 3-run shot to lead Yankees past Orioles 6-1
Aaron Judge hit his 49th home run, Giancarlo Stanton ripped a three-run shot and the New York Yankees got a dominant pitching performance from Carlos Rodón in a 6-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. New York closed within two games of first place in the AL East behind Toronto, which lost to Kansas City. Both the Yankees and Blue Jays have seven games left, and Toronto holds the tiebreaker.