mlb Game Recap
New York Tops St. Louis 12-8 - Recap
New York's Ben Rice was a wrecking crew on Saturday, driving in 7 runs to lead the Yankees to a 12-8 result against St. Louis.
Bettors who backed the Yankees were rewarded as -140 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 7.5.
New York got 5 innings from Max Fried, who gave up 7 earned runs on 8 hits, while striking out 6. Max Fried earned the victory, while the Yankees got 7 RBIs from Ben Rice in the win.
St. Louis's starting pitcher Sonny Gray worked 5 innings, giving up 9 hits and 6 earned runs while striking out 7 in the loss. They got 3 hits from Alec Burleson in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored New York as they had 15 hits, while St. Louis only had 12.
David Bednar pitched the final 0.1 innings for the save. He struck out 0 and allowed 0 hits in his outing.