A huge go-ahead homer from Ben Rice in the ninth inning lifted the Yankees to a 5-4 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre.

The Yankees, who trail the first-place Blue Jays by three games, snapped a nine-game road losing streak vs AL East opponents.

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Volpe's slump at the plate is one thing. He's always been an up-and-down offensive player, and while everyone hoped he'd parlay his strong World Series into a step forward in 2025, it's not a huge surprise that hasn't happened just yet. For better or worse, this might just be who Volpe is as a hitter.

Ben Rice's ninth-inning home run helped the New York Yankees salvage a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday.

The left-handed-hitting Rice will head to the bench for the second straight game while the Cubs send another lefty (Shota Imanaga) to the hill. Though Rice has maintained a .795 OPS through six games in June and owns a 134 wRC+ versus opposite-handed pitching this season,

Yankees 5 Jays 4 Well, we didn't expect to win them all.... Jeff Hoffman, pitching in his fourth game in five days, gave up a home run to Ben Rice in the ninth, which was the game-winning run. Hoffman's been a throwback to the old days when a closer would go day after day.

Rice was originally drafted as a catcher out of Dartmouth and was still playing there regularly during the last two seasons when he moved through the upper minors. He’s never been regarded for his defense, but he has one of the quickest pop times in the league according to Baseball Savant and he’s caught one of two base stealers against him so far.