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05/19 21:42 CDT Yankees get homers from Rice and McMahon, hold off Blue Jays
5-4 in 90-degree heat
Yankees get homers from Rice and McMahon, hold off Blue Jays 5-4 in 90-degree
heat
By MIKE FITZPATRICK
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Ben Rice hit a two-run homer that broke a fifth-inning tie
and the New York Yankees held off the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on a 90-degree
night Tuesday in the Bronx.
Ryan McMahon pulled New York even with a three-run shot off Dylan Cease
following two walks in the fourth. Will Warren (6-1) went five innings for the
win, and the Yankees got excellent relief work from a bullpen that's been shaky
of late.
Tim Hill, Jake Bird and Brent Headrick combined to allow just one hit over
three scoreless innings. With closer David Bednar receiving a rest, Camilo
Doval allowed a sacrifice fly by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the ninth before
earning his second save with the Yankees and first this season.
Doval pounded his chest after retiring Kazuma Okamoto on a game-ending grounder
to shortstop Anthony Volpe with two runners in scoring position for the final
out. New York improved to 11-1 in its last 12 home games.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected after the seventh, when he came out of
the dugout to argue that center fielder Daulton Varsho trapped the ball on a
diving catch to end the inning. However, it appeared Boone was still mostly
steamed about Volpe being called out at second on a stolen base attempt in the
fourth.
Cease (3-2) struck out nine but needed 100 pitches to get through five innings.
He walked four, including Aaron Judge and Chisholm in the fourth before
McMahon's opposite-field homer to left.
The right-hander also walked Trent Grisham before Rice connected for his 16th
homer in the fifth, tying Judge for the team lead.
Toronto second baseman Ernie Clement, who homered and drove in four runs during
Monday night's 7-6 defeat, didn't start because of strep throat but delivered a
pinch-hit single in the ninth.
Blue Jays lefty reliever Joe Mantiply was placed on the 15-day injured list,
retroactive to Monday, with left knee inflammation.
Up next
In an attractive matchup of young arms Wednesday night, Blue Jays RHP Trey
Yesavage (1-1, 1.40 ERA) faces Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (6-1, 1.35).
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