NEW YORK – Trent Grisham ’s home run in the bottom of the eighth inning helped the Yankees edge the Astros, 5-4 , at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

With the score tied at 4 and left-hander Bryan King on the mound, Grisham swung at a 3-2 pitch and hit the ball into the second deck in right-center field.

Instead of Devin Williams closing the game, it was David Bednar, who got five outs to earn the win three days after recording a five-out save.

Right-hander Luis Gil pitched well enough to win, going 5 1/3 innings with two runs allowed and a season-high seven strikeouts.

At first it looked like it was going to be a long afternoon for the right-hander. The first hitter he faced, Jeremy Peña, hit a home run on a 2-1 pitch to give Houston the early lead.

But New York went ahead i

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