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Cody Bellinger hit a two-run single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians 7-5 on Monday.
Paul Goldschmidt and Ryan McMahon homered for the Yankees, who won for the first time in four extra-inning games this season.
Angel Martinez hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give the Guardians a 5-4 lead before Goldschmidt’s groundout in the eighth drove in Trent Grisham to tie the score.
With Ali Sánchez the automatic runner in the 10th, Ben Rice was intentionally walked with one out. Max Schuemann challenged a called strike three on a full count and called it back on ball four, loading the bases. The Guardians expanded their infield, but Bellinger’s hit to left field off Shawn Armstrong (1-1) drove Sanchez and Rice.
David Bednar (2-3), the Yankees’ seventh pitcher, struck out three in 1 2/3 hitless innings for the win. He retired five of the six batters he faced.
Martinez was mired in an 8-for-61 slump before his two-run shot to right-center field off Paul Blackburn in the fifth. It was Martínez’s first home run since May 17 against Cincinnati.
After Rice walked in the first, Goldschmidt hit a cutter from starter Gavin Williams and drove it into the left field stands. Goldschmidt has hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games, hitting .314 (16-for-51) with three home runs and 13 RBI during that span.
McMahon opened the fifth with a shot to left on a low curveball to put the Yankees up 4-3.
New York had runners on the corners with one out in the eighth when Cleveland shortstop Brayan Rocchio made a diving stop on Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s hard grounder up the middle. Rocchio touched second base with his glove, turned and then threw out Chisholm at first from his right knee to complete the double play.
Information from The Associated Press.
