NEW YORK (AP) Giancarlo Stanton and Ben Rice homered within the first two innings and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 in a sport delayed by rain for practically three hours Thursday.
The Yankees highlighted a busy trade-deadline day by agreeing to amass reliever David Bednar from Pittsburgh in a deal they have been working to finalize.
Stanton hit his eighth homer since getting back from tendinitis in each elbows final month 4 batters in for a 3-0 lead towards Tampa Bay starter Ryan Pepiot (6-9). Rice hit a three-run homer into the Yankees bullpen in right-center to make it 6-0.
New York starter Marcus Stroman (3-3) allowed 4 runs and 6 hits in 5 innings.
Pepiot was tagged for seven runs and 6 hits in 4 innings.
BRAVES 12, REDS 11, 10 INNINGS
CINCINNATI (AP) Marcel Ozuna drove in Matt Olson with a sacrifice fly within the tenth inning to present Atlanta a win over Cincinnati in a sport that featured a complete of 12 pitchers and 30 hits mixed.
Ozzie Albies had 4 hits, scored two runs and drove in two to tempo the Braves, who broke a 3-3 tie with eight runs within the eighth inning, solely to surrender eight runs within the backside of the body.
Pierce Johnson (2-3) pitched 1 1/3 innings and Raisel Iglesias received his thirteenth save.
Cincinnatis Emilio Pagán (2-4) retired all three batters he confronted however took the loss.
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