Rice's 438-Foot Bomb Sinks Toronto in Extra-Inning Thriller

Ben Rice ended the debate in the 10th inning, launching a 438-foot home run to right center that scored two and swung Toronto's win probability from 48% to 14% in a single swing. The Yankees walked out of Toronto with a 4-3 win, surviving a late Blue Jays push that made the final frame genuinely uncomfortable.

The game moved in fits and starts, each team trading punches across ten innings without either side ever pulling decisively clear. García Jr. opened the scoring in the third with a sacrifice fly to left, plating Caballero for a 1-0 Yankees lead. Toronto answered in the fifth when Cameron doubled to left and Okamoto scored to tie it. The Yankees retook the lead in the seventh on a Caballero single to left that scored Lombard Jr. — though not without drama: Toronto challenged the call at second on Caballero, and the field ruling was overturned. New York led 2-1, but the call added a layer of tension that didn't dissipate. Toronto knotted it again in the ninth on a Clement sacrifice fly to center, scoring Smith, and suddenly a game that felt like it was drifting toward a Yankees win was level heading into extras.

That's when Rice took over. With Sánchez aboard in the top of the tenth, Rice turned on a pitch and drove it 438 feet to right center — a two-run shot that pushed New York to 4-2 and, frankly, looked like the knockout blow. The win probability swing of 33 points in a single at-bat tells you everything about how decisive that moment was. Toronto refused to go quietly — Giménez reached on an infield single to shortstop in the bottom of the tenth, scoring Okamoto to make it 4-3 — but that's as close as the Blue Jays would get. David Bednar closed it out, throwing 1.2 innings of scoreless ball without allowing a hit.

The story of the night, beyond Rice's blast, appears to be the pitching contrast. Dylan Cease was sharp for Toronto — 6.1 innings, just 2 hits, 10 strikeouts — but surrendered 2 earned runs and 3 walks, which looks like the kind of outing that wins games when your offense shows up. It didn't, not enough. Ryan Weathers, meanwhile, quietly put together a quality start for New York: 7.1 innings, 6 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts. That's a workmanlike line that kept the Yankees in position to steal this one late. Charles McAdoo went 2-for-3 for Toronto and Giménez finished 2-for-4 with an RBI, but the Blue Jays' offense couldn't manufacture enough against Weathers when it mattered most. New York takes this one 4-3.