New York Yankees at Arizona Diamondbacks

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New York Yankees

89-64, 47-32 Away

Final
9 - 2

Arizona Diamondbacks

80-74, 43-36 Home

Ben Rice hits 39th homer, Cole becomes winningest No. 1 draft pick as Yanks cruise past D-backs 9-2

After learning three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge was headed back to the injured list with a right calf strain, the Yankees won for the eighth time in 10 games. New York, which has already clinched a playoff spot, is four games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East with nine games remaining.

The D-backs' have lost three straight and their playoff hopes are in major trouble. They're five games back of the final NL wild card with eight games left.

New York's first five batters reached against D-backs' All-Star left hander Eduardo Rodriguez and George Lombard Jr.'s two-run single made it 5-0. Lombard added a solo homer in the sixth and finished with three RBI.

Cole (9-9) bounced back from a pair of starts that saw him surrender seven homers — the most he's ever given up over a two-game span. He gave up two runs and four hits in six innings, striking out six.

Selected first by Pittsburgh in 2011, Cole won his 162nd game. That is one more than Mike Moore, picked No. 1 by Seattle in 1981.

Rodriguez (15-7) picked a bad time to have arguably his worst start this season, needing 45 pitches to get three outs, his career high for a first inning. He gave up seven runs, five hits and four walks over 5 1/3 innings.

Corbin Carroll hit a two-run homer to cut the deficit to 5-2 in the second. Rice's solo homer in the third pushed the Yankees ahead 6-2.

Up next The D-backs send RHP Brandon Pfaadt (7-3, 3.77 ERA) to the mound Saturday night while the Yankees counter with RHP Cam Schlittler (14-6, 1.95).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fernandez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Carroll flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Arenado singled to right, Perdomo to second.
	9th Inning	Vargas struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Perdomo walked.
	9th Inning	Gil relieved Fulmer

Statistics

NYY		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	6
7	Strikeouts	11
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	15
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
174	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	11
41	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
5.5	Runs Created	2.4
.229	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.457	Slugging Percentage	.324
.400	Secondary Average	.147
.341	On Base Percentage	.229
.799	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.552
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
50.5	Batter Rating	20.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.20
.229	Isolated Power	.118
0.86	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.09
.146	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.171	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.059
17.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
93.0	MLB Rating	71.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0