Yankees' Ben Rice keeps up NYY's brand of magic
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Paul Goldschmidt did it on Saturday.
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Ben Rice joined the fun for the New York Yankees on Sunday.
The Toronto Blue Jays were the team that had to deal with the brutal finish two days in a row.
On Saturday, Paul Goldschmidt broke a tie with a ninth inning home run.
On Sunday, Rice did the same thing.
“It just speaks to the mentality of the group,” Rice said after the game, via MLB.com. “I feel like everyone’s got that next-man-up mentality. Regardless of who’s on the mound, regardless of the situation, we’re going to go up there and put together a quality at-bat.”
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Rice clearly felt good about his swing, as you can see with his bat flip in the photograph at the top of this article.
The Yankees went on to beat the Blue Jays 8-3 because Jose Caballero tacked on a three-run homer later in the ninth inning.
It's the kind of weekend that the Yanks needed to have to maintain their place in the high-powered AL East Division.
The Yankees are now 43-27, 1.0 game ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays, who are 41-27.
The Blue Jays have now fallen to 34-38, in third place.
Baltimore is in fourth at 34-39.
The Red Sox are bottom with a 29-40 record, 13.5 games behind the Yankees.
It wouldn't look quite like this without the recent Yankees heroics, but Rice is the latest to show a flare for the dramatic.