Rice's 7 RBIs lead Yankees past Cardinals 12-8

Ben Rice homered and tied a career high with seven RBIs, Aaron Judge also went deep in his first multi-hit game since the All-Star break and the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals 12-8 on Saturday night.

Masyn Winn hit a three-run homer and Nolan Gorman had a two-run shot for St. Louis as Max Fried (13-5) yielded multiple homers for the third time this season.

Fried notched his 1,000th career strikeout when he fanned Alec Burleson immediately after Winn’s second-inning homer, but he exited after yielding seven runs on eight hits in five-plus innings.

Sonny Gray (11-6) allowed six runs on nine hits in five innings as St. Louis lost its fourth in a row.

Judge led off the third with his 39th home run. Judge, who has played his entire career with the Yankees, has now homered against every other major league team.

The Yankees go for the sweep Sunday, when they send RHP Will Warren (7-5, 4.34 ERA) up against St. Louis RHP Miles Mikolas (6-9, 4.97).



(AP Photo Jeff Roberson)