Key facts
- Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning, and José Caballero added a three-run blast to lead the Yankees to an 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays.
- The Yankees secured their sixth win in seven games and seventh win when scoring the go-ahead run in the ninth inning or later.
- Paul Goldschmidt singled to start the ninth, advancing on an error, and was replaced by runner Ryan McMahon before Rice's decisive homer.
- Davis Schneider hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays, and Kazuma Okamoto had an earlier two-out RBI hit.
- Blue Jays manager John Schneider was ejected in the eighth inning following a balk call.
Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning, and José Caballero added a three-run blast as the New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Sunday. The victory marked the Yankees' sixth win in seven games and their seventh win when scoring the go-ahead run in the ninth inning or later.
Paul Goldschmidt singled to start the ninth against Braydon Fisher (2-2), advancing on Fisher’s throwing error. Ryan McMahon ran for Goldschmidt before Rice hit a 381-foot homer, his 19th of the season. Jasson Domínguez and Jazz Chisholm Jr. walked before Caballero hit his sixth homer off Tommy Nance.
The Yankees had won 3-1 on Saturday when Goldschmidt hit a tiebreaking homer in the ninth. Camilo Doval (3-0) earned the win for the Yankees by striking out two of three batters in the eighth. Toronto's Davis Schneider hit a solo home run, his second.
Blue Jays manager John Schneider was ejected for arguing a balk call against Jeff Hoffman that advanced Chisholm to third base with one out in the eighth. Hoffman then struck out Max Schuemann and Anthony Volpe, leaving Chisholm stranded.
In earlier scoring, Volpe and Ali Sánchez had back-to-back RBI hits in the second inning for the Yankees. The Blue Jays responded with two-out RBI hits from Kazuma Okamoto in the third and Nathan Lukes in the fourth. Volpe’s two-out single in the sixth re-established the Yankees' lead before Schneider’s home run tied the game.