NEW YORK (Interstat) — Trent Grisham went 3 for 5 with three RBIs and Cody Bellinger added three hits and two RBIs as the New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Thursday afternoon at Yankee Stadium II.

Texas took an early lead on a solo home run by Ezequiel Duran in the third inning and made it 2-1 in the fifth when Duran grounded into a forceout. The Yankees answered with a six-run sixth inning, keyed by Grisham’s two-run double and RBI singles from J.C. Escarra, Aaron Judge and Bellinger. New York added single runs in the seventh on Max Schuemann’s RBI double and the eighth on Ryan McMahon’s RBI single.

Brent Headrick (3-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. MacKenzie Gore (2-3) took the loss. Texas managed six hits, while New York collected 14. Attendance was 42,729. Time of game was 3:11. The Yankees improved to 26-12, while the Rangers fell to 17-20.