New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays

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New York Yankees

69-55, 38-28 Away

Final
4 - 3

Toronto Blue Jays

61-65, 33-33 Home

Ben Rice hits tiebreaking homer in 10th as Yankees beat Blue Jays 4-3 to avoid three-game sweep

Yankees avoid the sweep with 4-3 win over the Blue Jays

New York’s four runs were twice as many as they had scored in the previous three games, all losses.

Rice's first hit of the series was a two-run homer, his33rd this season, off Braydon Fisher (3-4).

Tim Hill gave up an RBI single to Andrés Giménez in the bottom of the 10th but held on for his second save in six chances.

Toronto erased a 2-1 deficit in the bottom of the ninth but David Bednar (6-3) stranded the winning run at second base.

Josh Smith reached on Rice’s fielding error to begin the ninth and Alejandro Kirk walked to put the tying run in scoring position. Brandon Valenzuela ran for Kirk and, one out later, both runners moved up on a wild pitch before Ernie Clement tied it with a sacrifice fly.

Bednar sent it to extras by retiring Kazuma Okamoto on a grounder. The blown save was Bednar's third.

Yankees left-hander Ryan Weathers allowed one run and six hits in 7 1/3 innings, retiring the first 10 batters in order. He walked one and struck out four.

Toronto's Dylan Cease allowed two runs and three hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Cease struck out 10, reaching double digits for the ninth time in 23 starts and boosting his AL-leading total to 201. Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski leads the majors with 210.

Cease has fanned 200 or more in each of the past six seasons.

Up next Yankees: RHP Will Warren (8-6, 4.42 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday at Baltimore.

Blue Jays: RHP José Soriano (9-6, 3.16 ERA) is scheduled to start at Tampa Bay on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Bateman grounded out to pitcher.
	10th Inning	Lukes lined out to left.
	10th Inning	Giménez reached on infield single to shortstop, Okamoto scored.
	10th Inning	Cameron grounded out to first, Okamoto to third.
	10th Inning	Hill relieved Bednar
	10th Inning	Ramos grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, García Jr. out at second.

Statistics

NYY		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	17
12	Strikeouts	5
4	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
4	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	9
39	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
4.0	Runs Created	1.7
.188	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.344	Slugging Percentage	.265
.438	Secondary Average	.147
.289	On Base Percentage	.243
.633	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.508
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
3.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.5
33.0	Batter Rating	24.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.97	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.62
.156	Isolated Power	.059
0.42	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.128	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
.250	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.059
8.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
77.3	MLB Rating	74.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Rogers Centre

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 42,351 | Capacity:

2026 American League East Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	-	61	W1	0.611465	96
New York	6	67	L1	0.5732484	90
Boston	12	73	L3	0.53503186	84
Baltimore	19.5	81	W2	0.48734176	77
Toronto	19.5	81	L2	0.48734176	77

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