Yankees Edge Orioles on Rice’s Late Homer, Await Wild Card Fate
NEW YORK (Interstat) — Ben Rice hit his second home run of the game in the eighth inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium. The win gave the Yankees (94-68) an eight-game winning streak to end the regular season, but they were on track to finish one game behind Toronto for the AL East title. The Orioles (75-87) scored both of their runs on back-to-back homers by Jordan Westburg and Gunnar Henderson in the fourth. Yankees starter Luis Gil allowed two runs over five innings, and Devin Williams earned the win in relief. David Bednar got the save.