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07/12 16:02 CDT Yankees win 5-3, sweep 3 games from the Nationals despite
trailing after 7 innings in each
Yankees win 5-3, sweep 3 games from the Nationals despite trailing after 7
innings in each
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Ben Rice hit a two-run triple in the top of the eighth
inning to give the New York Yankees their third straight come-from-behind
victory over the Washington Nationals, 5-3 on Sunday.
New York, which has won four in a row overall for the first time since June
13-17, completed a three-game sweep in which it overcame one deficit in the
ninth inning and two in the eighth.
The Yankees tied the White Sox with their eighth win when trailing in the
eighth inning or later for the most such victories in the American League.
With men on first and second against Andrew Alvarez (2-3), Rice hit a drive on
the fourth straight curveball from Alvarez that center fielder Dylan Crews was
unable to catch while slamming into the wall.
Both runners scored, making it 4-3 and putting Ryan Yarbrough (2-0) in line for
the win. Paul Blackburn returned the final six Washington batters for his first
save.
Jos Caballero hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth to give New York a two-run lead.
The Yankees are 6-34 when trailing after seven innings, with half of the wins
coming in this series.
James Wood led off the bottom of the first with a home run, and Curtis Mead
also homered for Washington. Wood's 28th homer of the year was also his 10th
leadoff shot, breaking the Nationals' record he shared with Alfonso Soriano,
who hit nine in 2006.
Cody Bellinger led off the fifth with a double for the Yankees and scored on
Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s single. After a wild pitch moved Chisholm to second, Austin
Wells hit a two-out RBI single to make it 2-1.
Mead came up as a pinch-hitter and homered in the sixth to tie it. Chisholm's
throwing error with two outs in the seventh allowed a run to score, giving the
Nationals a 3-2 advantage.
Washington's Cade Cavalli allowed two runs and four hits in six innings in his
first start since serving a five-game suspension for his role in a
bench-clearing incident in Boston on June 30.
Abimelec Ortiz hit third in his major league debut for Washington. He went 1
for 2 with a double before Mead hit for him in the sixth.
Up next
The Yankees return after the break on Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Nationals go on the road to face the Athletics.
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