Sometimes, when a player is struggling, he’s sent to Triple A in hopes that facing weaker opponents will help him figure things out. The New York Yankees received a similar kind of reprieve over the last week.

After a win on Sunday against the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Yankees are 67-57, and they are now just 0.5 games back of the top wild card spot in the Ame

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Prior to Saturday night, there was only one first baseman who had multiple seven-RBI games for the Yankees, and his name was Lou Gehrig. He had nine, for the record. Now Rice has two. He joins the multi-7-RBI-game club. The Yankees needed all of that Rice production in a crazy 12-8 win over the Cardinals.

The Boston Red Sox had a scare on Sunday but it sounds like they will get a significant piece back in the lineup in preparation for their upcoming series agains

Yankees reliever Devin Williams was sporting a 5.44 ERA in 47 outings when he was demoted from closer for the second time this season on Tuesday.

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This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball as New York Yankees Ace in Elite Company Going Into Start Against St. Louis Cardinals.