NEW YORK (Interstat) — Ben Rice launched two home runs, including a tiebreaking solo shot in the eighth inning, to lift the New York Yankees to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium, capping a season-ending eight-game winning streak.

The win gave New York a 94-68 final record, but the Yankees were on track to finish one win shy of repeating as American League East champions. As the Yankees’ game concluded, the Toronto Blue Jays held a 13-4 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning. A Toronto victory would create a 94-68 tie, with the Blue Jays winning the division via the tiebreaker due to an 8-5 season-series advantage over New York. The Yankees were poised to host the Boston Red Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday.

Rice provided all the power for the Yankees, bookending the scoring with solo homers. He gave New York an early lead by driving a fly ball to center field in the first inning off Orioles starter Kyle Bradish. After Baltimore seized the lead, Rice delivered the decisive blow in the eighth, sending a fly ball to left-center field against reliever Rico Garcia for his 26th home run of the season.

The Orioles had briefly taken the lead with a pair of solo home runs in the fourth inning. Jordan Westburg led off the frame by homering to center field, and Gunnar Henderson followed two batters later with a blast to right-center, both coming off Yankees starter Luis Gil.

New York answered immediately in the bottom of the fourth. Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger hit consecutive singles, and Giancarlo Stanton followed with a line-drive single to left field that scored Judge to tie the game 2-2.

Gil did not factor in the decision, allowing two runs on three hits over five innings while striking out two. Bradish was also effective in a no-decision for Baltimore, surrendering two runs on five hits with eight strikeouts across four innings.

The Yankees’ bullpen combination of Luke Weaver, Devin Williams and David Bednar silenced the Orioles’ bats over the final four innings. Williams earned the win, improving to 4-6, despite allowing a single in a scoreless eighth inning. Bednar pitched a perfect ninth for his 27th save of the season, striking out two.

Garcia took the loss for Baltimore, falling to 0-2, after serving up Rice’s game-winning homer in the eighth.

The game was played in 2 hours, 42 minutes before an announced crowd of 45,004. The Orioles concluded their season with a 75-87 record.