NEW YORK – Trent Grisham’s home run in the bottom of the eighth inning helped the Yankees edge the Astros, 5-4, at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
With the score tied at 4 and left-hander Bryan King on the mound, Grisham swung at a 3-2 pitch and hit the ball into the second deck in right-center field.
Instead of Devin Williams closing the game, it was David Bednar, who got five outs to earn the win three days after recording a five-out save.
Right-hander Luis Gil pitched well enough to win, going 5 1/3 innings with two runs allowed and a season-high seven strikeouts.
At first it looked like it was going to be a long afternoon for the right-hander. The first hitter he faced, Jeremy Peña, hit a home run on a 2-1 pitch to give Houston the early lead.
But New York went ahead in the bottom of the inning against left-hander Framber Valdez. With the bases loaded and no outs, Paul Goldschmidt came home on a walk to Giancarlo Stanton. Ben Rice followed and hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Chas McCormick that scored Aaron Judge for a one-run lead.
Although the Astros tied the game at 2 in the fourth, Gil looked like the pitcher who won the American League Rookie of the Year Award last year.
Gil left the game with a 4-2 lead, but the relievers Camilo Doval and Bednar allowed Houston to tie the score at 4 in the eighth inning.