Yankees beat Blue Jays 4‑3 in 10 innings
TORONTO (Interstat) — Ben Rice hit a two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday at Rogers Centre.
Rice’s homer, his 33rd, scored Ali Sánchez and put New York ahead 4-2. Andrés Giménez drove in Kazuma Okamoto in the bottom half to pull Toronto within one, and David Bednar closed it out. Bednar earned the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings, while Tim Hill got his second save. Braydon Fisher took the loss.
Ryan Weathers allowed one earned run in 7 1/3 innings, striking out four. Dylan Cease struck out 10 and gave up two earned runs in 6 1/3 innings for Toronto.
New York had six hits and Toronto had seven. The Blue Jays grounded into two double plays. The Yankees scored once in the third and once in the seventh. Toronto tied it in the ninth on Ernie Clement’s sacrifice fly before Rice’s decisive drive.
Attendance was 42,351, and the game lasted 2:59. The Yankees improved to 69-55; the Blue Jays fell to 61-65.