The Yankees exploded for six runs in the 10th inning, sparked by Ben Rice's grand slam, to defeat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 on Sunday afternoon and to keep pace two games back of the Toronto Blue Jays for the AL East lead.

With the game knotted at one apiece in the extra frame and Trent Grisham as the ghost runner on second, Aaron Judge walked and Cody Bellinger singled to load the bases. Orioles reliever Keegan Akin left a 95-mph four-seam fastball down the heart of the plate, middle-middle, and Rice jumped all over it, rocketing the grand slam 110-mph off the bat and 413 feet into the right-center-field seats.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with his 31st home run of the season before Anthony Volpe drove in Jose Caballero with a single.

While the Yankees (88-68) remain two games behind the

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