BALTIMORE (Interstat) — 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. His shot to right-center in the 10th off Keegan Akin broke a 1-all tie. Jazz Chisholm Jr. added a solo homer and Anthony Volpe an RBI single before the inning was over.

The game was a pitchers’ duel for nine innings. Baltimore’s Kyle Bradish was dominant, striking out nine over six innings while allowing just two hits and one earned run. New York’s Cam Schlittler was nearly as effective, giving up one run on three hits with six strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings.

The Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the fifth on a solo home run by Samuel Basallo. The Yankees answered in the sixth when Rice singled home Trent Grisham to tie the game.

Both bullpens held from there, forcing extra innings. Kade Strowd (0-1) took the loss after striking out the side in the ninth but walking Aaron Judge to start the 10th. David Bednar (6-5) earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief.

The Yankees improved to 88-68, while the Orioles fell to 73-83. A crowd of 31,974 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards watched the game, which took 3 hours, 31 minutes.

The two teams meet again for a three-game series starting Friday in New York.