SEPTEMBER 21 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM
Blue Jays lock up playoff berth, but Yankees stay 2 games back in AL East thanks to Bay State pair - The Boston Globe Toronto beat the Royals, 8-5, to punch its postseason ticket, but Ben Rice's four hits and five RBIs and another strong start by Cam Schlitt...
Blue Jays magic number: All eyes turn to AL East title with playoff berth clinched Toronto's magic number to clinch the AL East falls to four with the Yankees beating the Orioles 7-1 in extras.
SEPTEMBER 21 • THESTAR.COM
Deadspin | Ben Rice hammers 10th-inning slam as Yankees down Orioles Deadspin | Ben Rice hammers 10th-inning slam as Yankees down Orioles
SEPTEMBER 21 • DEADSPIN.COM
Rice's grand slam helps Yankees keep pace with Toronto; NY trails by 2 games in AL East with 6 left
Ben Rice and the New York Yankees are keeping the pressure on in the AL EastSEPTEMBER 21 • Associated Press
Cam Schlittler - Solid in no-decision Schlittler did not factor into the decision Sunday against the Orioles, allowing a run on three hits and a walk across 5.1 innings. He struck out six.
Impact Schlittler was impressive Sunday, with Baltimore's lone run coming on a Samuel Basallo homer in the fifth inning. The 24-year-old Schlittler has been inconsistent of late, though he's posted a 2.72 ERA across 36.1 innings in his last seven outings. The right-hander is tentatively lined up for a rematch with the Orioles his next time out.
SEPTEMBER 21 • ROTOWIRE
Kyle Bradish - Sharp again Sunday Bradish allowed a run on two hits and two walks over six innings in a no-decision Sunday against the Yankees. He struck out nine.
Impact Bradish was excellent Sunday, holding New York scoreless through five innings before eventually allowing a lone run with two outs in the sixth. Bradish has yet to allow more than two runs in four starts since his return from Tommy John surgery, while holding opponents to a single run in each of his last three outings. Bradish will carry a 2.25 ERA with a 1.00 WHIP and 39 strikeouts in his next start, tentatively scheduled as a rematch with the Yankees next week.
SEPTEMBER 21 • ROTOWIRE
Ben Rice - Powers Yankees in win Rice went 4-for-5 with a grand slam, a double and five total RBI in Sunday's 7-1 win over the Orioles in 10 innings.
Impact Rice got the Yankees on the board in the sixth inning with a two-out RBI single, tying the game at 1-1, before delivering the decisive blast in the tenth inning, a 413-foot grand slam off lefty Keegan Akin to put New York ahead 5-1. Rice had just one home run in 20 games prior to Sunday, though he's gone 14-for-33 (.424) over his last 10 contests. Overall, Rice is slashing .252/.335/.488 with 24 homers, 62 RBI and 69 runs scored across 510 plate appearances this season.
SEPTEMBER 21 • ROTOWIRE
