N.Y. Yankees 5, at Washington 3

WASHINGTON (Interstat) — Ben Rice tripled in two runs in the eighth inning, erasing a one-run deficit and lifting the New York Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park. The Yankees won their third straight game, improving to 54-42, while the Nationals dropped their third in a row to fall to 48-49. Rice’s two-out triple to left field scored Max Schuemann and Trent Grisham, turning a 3-2 Nationals lead into a 4-3 Yankees advantage. New York added an insurance run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by José Caballero. Ryan Yarbrough… Read more...