Ben Rice drove in seven runs and soared twice as the visiting New York Yankees outslugged the St. Louis Cardinals 12-8 Saturday night.
Rice hit a three-run homer, a three-run double and an RBI single as the Yankees won for the fourth time in five games.
Aaron Judge had a homer, a double and two RBIs for New York. Trent Grisham went 4-for-5 with four runs and Jose Caballero went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and three runs.
Yankees starter Max Fried (13-5) allowed seven runs on eight hits in five innings. David Bednar got the final out for his 20th save.
Masyn Winn hit a three-run home run, Nolan Gorman hit a two-run homer and Pedro Pages hit a solo shot for the Cardinals, who lost their fourth consecutive games.
Cardinals starter Sonny Gray (11-6) allowed six runs on nine hits in five innings.
St. Louis outfielder Victor Scott II left the game with a left ankle sprain he suffered while attempting a leaping catch on Judge’s homer.
The Yankees took 2-0 first-inning lead on a single by Grisham, a walk to Rice, Judge’s RBI double and Jasson Dominguez’s RBI single.
The Cardinals cut the lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the inning on Alec Burleson’s triple and Ivan Herrera’s RBI single.
St. Louis surged ahead 5-2 in the second inning on a walk to Gorman, singles by Pages and Scott, and Winn’s homer.
Judge’s third-inning homer cut the deficit to 5-3. Then the Yankees moved ahead 6-5 in the fourth inning on Caballero’s bunt single, Grisham’s single, and Rice’s three-run homer.
Austin Wells, Caballero and Grisham loaded the bases with singles in the sixth inning. Rice’s double cleared them to put New York up 9-5.
The Cardinals trimmed their deficit to 9-7 in the bottom of the inning on Jordan Walker’s double and Gorman’s homer.
New York pushed its lead to 12-7 in the seventh inning on Ryan McMahon’s homer, Rice’s RBI single, and Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s sacrifice fly.
Pages’ homer in the ninth inning made it 12-8.
–Field Level Media
