Bellinger Double Lifts Yankees Past Astros

Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead double with the bases loaded in the seventh inning as the New York Yankees beat the Houston Astros 9-3 on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium. ESPN and the Associated Press both had the same swing: a 1-1 fastball from Bennett Sousa (1-3) off the top of the center-field fence, scoring Trent Grisham and Ben Rice. New York pulled away from a 3-3 tie and won for the 11th time in 17 games.

The at-bat was set up by a mess on the infield. Luis Garcia Jr. reached on an infield single when Sousa did not cover first in time on a grounder to the right side. Bases loaded. Bellinger did not miss. Spencer Jones added an RBI single later in the seventh. Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a run-scoring double and finished with three hits, his third three-hit game of the season.

What was the Yankees vs Astros final score?

New York 9, Houston 3. Rice launched his 35th homer in the first inning, the Yankees' first run in an opening frame in 24 games, and pulled within one of Houston slugger Yordan Alvarez for the American League home run lead. Garcia, a night after going 4-for-5 in a loss, tacked on a two-run shot in the eighth and finished with three more hits. Alvarez singled in the sixth and left with a major league-best .322 average.

Rookie Elmer Rodriguez allowed three runs and three hits over six-plus innings in his first major league start since June 21. He walked Jose Altuve and came out. Christian Walker's grounder then caromed off George Lombard Jr.'s glove for the shortstop's sixth error in 19 career games, and the Astros tied it against Paul Blackburn. Blackburn (6-2) struck out Jeremy Pena with the bases loaded. Michael Fulmer, in his Yankees debut, struck out Alvarez to start a 1-2-3 eighth.

Where do the Yankees sit after beating Houston?

New York is 75-57, still 3 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay in the AL East and 2 1/2 ahead of Boston for the league's top wild card. Houston is 66-67 and has lost 10 of 16. Altuve had an RBI double. Daulton Varsho homered off Rodriguez. Peter Lambert allowed three runs (two earned) and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. The search bar wants Yankees vs Astros score, Bellinger double, Yankees Astros. Wednesday delivered all three.

Gerrit Cole (7-6, 3.11 ERA) starts Thursday's series finale against Hayden Wesneski (3-1, 4.23), a right-hander New York traded away in 2022. Cole has allowed three runs or fewer in nine straight starts. The Yankees just scored 9. They will take the rubber match if the lineup looks like this again.

Yankees vs Astros FAQ

What was the Yankees vs Astros final score? New York won 9-3 on Wednesday night.

What did Cody Bellinger do? A bases-loaded double in the seventh that scored Grisham and Rice and broke a 3-3 tie.

How many home runs does Ben Rice have? 35. He is one behind Yordan Alvarez for the AL lead.