Bryan Hoch

TORONTO -- Ben Rice cracked the Yankees’ second tie-breaking ninth-inning homer in as many games, a two-run blast that lifted his team to an 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays on Sunday at Rogers Centre. Following the script of Paul Goldschmidt’s deciding homer on Saturday, Rice connected with a Braydon

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NEW YORK – They told Dunia Sibomana-Rodriguez that he was getting a tour of Yankee Stadium. He believed it, too, right up until the elevator doors opened. When they did, a roar of “Surprise!” filled the Delta SKY360° Suite behind home plate, revealing a room packed with friends and family.

NEW YORK – José Caballero is no fan of the pitch-timer rule that states that a batter “must be in the box and alert to the pitcher” by the 8-second mark. But the Yankees’ utilityman also believes he’s following it to the letter. Caballero’s efforts to find a tactical edge

NEW YORK – Gerrit Cole paced the length of the Yankees’ dugout during the early innings of Tuesday night’s game against the White Sox, glove tucked near his belt as he wriggled his right arm, keeping it loose. The Yankees’ ace had the luxury of time to kill. Spencer Jones,

NEW YORK – The students participating in the First Tee golf program abide by a set of nine core values intended to instill qualities like integrity, sportsmanship and perseverance. Those hours spent on the fairways and in tee boxes are simply the delivery vehicles. The Yankees know a thing or

NEW YORK – Contemplating weeks of the summer without Aaron Judge anchoring their lineup, the Yankees began to wonder how they would produce offense. Perhaps, it was suggested, they could survive the captain’s absence by leaning on a “small ball” blend of contact and speed. Those concerns might have been

NEW YORK -- Austin Wells has rediscovered his home run stroke. The Yankees catcher homered twice on Thursday, playing his second Minor League rehab game with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Wells drove in three of the RailRiders’ runs in a 7-5 loss at Columbus.

NEW YORK – Even though the Yankees’ bullpen has quietly stabilized over the last several weeks, most industry sources expect general manager Brian Cashman to aggressively pursue upgrades ahead of the Trade Deadline. The late innings on Thursday illustrated why. Camilo Doval served up Andrew Benintendi’s eighth-inning pinch-hit grand slam

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