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 aga