{"id":869771,"date":"2026-08-27T03:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869771\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T03:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:08:15","slug":"cody-bellinger-hits-a-tiebreaking-double-in-the-7th-inning-as-the-yankees-beat-the-astros-9-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869771\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Bellinger hits a tiebreaking double in the 7th inning as the Yankees beat the Astros 9-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — – Cody Bellinger<\/a> hit a go-ahead double with the bases loaded in the seventh inning and the New York Yankees<\/a> pulled away for a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Bellinger snapped a 3-all tie when he drove a 1-1 fastball from Bennett Sousa<\/a> (1-3) off the top of the center-field fence to score Trent Grisham<\/a> and Ben Rice<\/a>. The clutch swing came after Luis Garc\u00eda Jr. reached on an infield single when Sousa didn’t cover first base in time on a grounder to the right side.<\/p>\n

Spencer Jones<\/a> added an RBI single in the seventh and Jazz Chisholm Jr<\/a>. had a run-scoring double. Chisholm singled twice and finished with his third three-hit game this season.<\/p>\n

Rice launched his 35th homer in the first inning and Garc\u00eda tacked on a two-run shot in the eighth. Garc\u00eda had three more hits after going 4 for 5 in Tuesday night’s defeat.<\/a><\/p>\n

Rice’s homer pulled him within one of Houston slugger Yordan Alvarez<\/a> for the American League lead and marked the first time in 24 games the Yankees scored in an opening inning.<\/p>\n

New York (75-57) won for the 11th time in 17 games and remained 3 1\/2 games behind first-place Tampa Bay in the AL East and 2 1\/2 ahead of Boston for the league’s top wild card.<\/p>\n

Yankees rookie Elmer Rodr\u00edguez allowed three runs and three hits over six-plus innings in his first major league start since June 21.<\/p>\n

The right-hander was lifted after walking Jose Altuve<\/a>, and the Astros tied it against Paul Blackburn<\/a> when Christian Walker’s grounder caromed off George Lombard Jr<\/a>.’s glove for the rookie shortstop’s sixth error in 19 career games.<\/p>\n

Blackburn (6-2) struck out Jeremy Pe\u00f1a with the bases loaded to keep it tied. Michael Fulmer<\/a> struck out Alvarez to start a 1-2-3 eighth in his Yankees debut.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Altuve had an RBI double and Daulton Varsho<\/a> homered off Rodr\u00edguez as the Astros (66-67) lost for the 10th time in 16 games. Alvarez singled in the sixth and ended the night with a major league-best .322 batting average.<\/p>\n

Houston starter Peter Lambert<\/a> allowed three runs – two earned – and seven hits in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

New York RHP Gerrit Cole<\/a> (7-6, 3.11 ERA) opposes RHP Hayden Wesneski<\/a> (3-1, 4.23) in Thursday’s series finale.<\/p>\n

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