"The Yankees exploded for six runs in the 10th inning, sparked by Ben Rice's grand slam, to defeat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 on Sunday afternoon and to keep pace two games back of the Toronto Blue Jays for the AL East lead. With the game knotted at one apiece in the extra frame and Trent Grisham as the ghost runner on second, Aaron Judge walked and Cody Bellinger singled to load the bases."
"Orioles reliever Keegan Akin left a 95-mph four-seam fastball down the heart of the plate, middle-middle, and Rice jumped all over it, rocketing the grand slam 110-mph off the bat and 413 feet into the right-center-field seats. Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with his 31st home run of the season before Anthony Volpe drove in Jose Caballero with a single. While the Yankees (88-68) remain two games behind the Blue Jays, their AL East rival clinched a postseason berth with an 8-5 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday."
"Rice went 4-for-5 on his big day with five RBI in total. He accounted for the Yankees' first run of the day in the top of the sixth inning when his single scored Grisham. It canceled out Samuel Basallo's fifth-inning home run, which gave the Orioles a lead against starting pitcher Cam Schlittler. The young Yankees' right-hander allowed just three hits in 5.1 innings of work while striking out six and walking one."
Ben Rice delivered a game-changing grand slam in the 10th inning, driving a 95-mph fastball 413 feet for a 7-1 Yankees win over the Orioles. The slam capped a six-run extra inning and came after Aaron Judge walked and Cody Bellinger singled with Trent Grisham as the ghost runner. Rice finished 4-for-5 with five RBIs and earlier had an RBI single in the sixth. Cam Schlittler allowed one run over 5.1 innings with six strikeouts. Kyle Bradish struck out nine over six strong innings for Baltimore. Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered and Anthony Volpe added an RBI single.
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