HOUSTON (AP) — Trent Grisham hit his second grand slam in five days and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice to lead the New York Yankees to a 7-1 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
Max Fried (15-5) allowed four hits and a run with five strikeouts in seven innings to get the Yankees back on track after Sunday’s loss to the White Sox that snapped a seven-game winning streak.
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New York Yankees' Jose Caballero, right, reacts after a pitch from Houston Astros starting pitcher Framber Valdez during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Houston Astros starting pitcher Framber Valdez leaves the mound after the top of the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr., right, celebrates after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball against the Houston Astrosgame in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Trent Grisham also scored. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
New York Yankees' Trent Grisham (12) celebrates with designated hitter Aaron Judge, top center, after hitting a grand slam during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, and Aaron Judge also scored. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
New York stayed 2 1/2 games behind the first-place Blue Jays in the AL East. Toronto won 12-9 at Cincinnati.
The Yankees led by two when Framber Valdez (12-8) walked Paul Goldschmidt with one out in the fifth before singles by Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge loaded the bases. Giancarlo Stanton struck out before Grisham’s soaring shot to the seats in left field made it 6-0.
It was the eighth grand slam this season for the Yankees and first since Grisham connected Friday against the White Sox.
The Yankees took an early lead with a two-run homer by Chisholm in the second. His solo shot in the eighth made it 7-1 and gave him a fourth multihomer game this season.
Valdez yielded eight hits and six runs with eight strikeouts in five innings after he threw seven shutout frames in his previous start against Colorado.
José Caballero was ejected in the fourth for arguing with plate umpire Ramon De Jesus after it was determined Caballero swung at a pitch that bounced in the dirt and hit him.
The Astros didn’t get a hit until Cam Smith singled with no outs in the fifth. Fried struck out the next three batters.
Carlos Correa singled and scored on a forceout to make it 6-1 in the sixth.
Grisham’s grand slam put the game out of reach.
Fried improved to 11-1 in 16 starts after a Yankees loss.
New York RHP Will Warren (8-6, 4.30 ERA) opposes RHP Jason Alexander (4-1, 4.61) when the series continues Wednesday night.
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New York Yankees' Jose Caballero, right, reacts after a pitch from Houston Astros starting pitcher Framber Valdez during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Houston Astros starting pitcher Framber Valdez leaves the mound after the top of the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr., right, celebrates after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball against the Houston Astrosgame in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Trent Grisham also scored. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
New York Yankees' Trent Grisham (12) celebrates with designated hitter Aaron Judge, top center, after hitting a grand slam during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, and Aaron Judge also scored. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
BEIJING (AP) — Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.
Carney made the announcement after two days of meetings with Chinese leaders. He said there would be an initial cap of 49,000 vehicles on Chinese EV exports to Canada, growing to 70,000 over five years. China will reduce its tariff on canola seeds, a major Canadian export, from about 84% to about 15%, he told reporters.
“It has been a historic and productive two days,” Carney said, speaking outside against the backdrop of a traditional pavilion and a frozen pond at a Beijing park. “We have to understand the differences between Canada and other countries, and focus our efforts to work together where we’re aligned.”
Earlier Friday, he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged to improve relations between their two nations after years of acrimony.
Xi told Carney in a meeting at the Great Hall of the People that he is willing to continue working to improve ties, noting that talks have been underway on restoring and restarting cooperation since the two held an initial meeting in October on the sidelines of a regional economic conference in South Korea.
“It can be said that our meeting last year opened a new chapter in turning China–Canada relations toward improvement,” China's top leader said.
Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to visit China in eight years, said better relations would help improve a global governance system that he described as “under great strain.”
He called for a new relationship “adapted to new global realities” and cooperation in agriculture, energy and finance.
Those new realities reflect in large part the so-called America-first approach of U.S. President Donald Trump. The tariffs he has imposed have hit both the Canadian and Chinese economies. Carney, who has met with several leading Chinese companies in Beijing, said ahead of his trip that his government is focused on building an economy less reliant on the U.S. at what he called “a time of global trade disruption.”
A Canadian business owner in China called Carney's visit game-changing, saying it re-establishes dialogue, respect and a framework between the two nations.
“These three things we didn’t have,” said Jacob Cooke, the CEO of WPIC Marketing + Technologies, which helps exporters navigate the Chinese market. “The parties were not talking for years.”
Canada had followed the U.S. in putting tariffs of 100% on EVs from China and 25% on steel and aluminum under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Carney’s predecessor.
China responded by imposing duties of 100% on Canadian canola oil and meal and 25% on pork and seafood. It added a 75.8% tariff on canola seeds last August. Collectively, the import taxes effectively closed the Chinese market to Canadian canola, an industry group has said. Overall, China's imports from Canada fell 10.4% last year to $41.7 billion, according to Chinese trade data.
China is hoping Trump’s pressure tactics on allies such as Canada will drive them to pursue a foreign policy that is less aligned with the United States. The U.S. president has suggested Canada could become America's 51st state.
Carney departs China on Saturday and visits Qatar on Sunday before attending the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland next week. He will meet business leaders and investors in Qatar to promote trade and investment, his office said.
Associated Press business writer Chan Ho-him in Hong Kong contributed to this report.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaks to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, leaves after speaking to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre, reacts during a meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney (not in the picture), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaks to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, center, arrives to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
