Ben Rice hits tiebreaking homer in 10th as Yankees beat Blue Jays 4-3 to avoid three-game sweep

TORONTO (AP) — Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking home run in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.

New York’s four runs were twice as many as they had scored in the previous three games, all losses.

Rice's first hit of the series was a two-run homer, his33rd this season, off Braydon Fisher (3-4).

Tim Hill gave up an RBI single to Andrés Giménez in the bottom of the 10th but held on for his second save in six chances.

Toronto erased a 2-1 deficit in the bottom of the ninth but David Bednar (6-3) stranded the winning run at second base.

Josh Smith reached on Rice’s fielding error to begin the ninth and Alejandro Kirk walked to put the tying run in scoring position. Brandon Valenzuela ran for Kirk and, one out later, both runners moved up on a wild pitch before Ernie Clement tied it with a sacrifice fly.

Bednar sent it to extras by retiring Kazuma Okamoto on a grounder. The blown save was Bednar's third.

Yankees left-hander Ryan Weathers allowed one run and six hits in 7 1/3 innings, retiring the first 10 batters in order. He walked one and struck out four.

Toronto's Dylan Cease allowed two runs and three hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Cease struck out 10, reaching double digits for the ninth time in 23 starts and boosting his AL-leading total to 201. Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski leads the majors with 210.

Cease has fanned 200 or more in each of the past six seasons.

Yankees: RHP Will Warren (8-6, 4.42 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday at Baltimore.

Blue Jays: RHP José Soriano (9-6, 3.16 ERA) is scheduled to start at Tampa Bay on Tuesday.

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New York Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon barehands the ball before throwing it to first base but Toronto Blue Jays' Charles McAdoo was safe during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

New York Yankees' George Lombard Jr., bottom, steals second base past Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez, top, during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

New York Yankees first baseman Ben Rice catches a pop flyout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Ryan Weathers works against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Dylan Cease works against the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Amy Hunt won a record fourth gold medal in a single edition of the European championships when Britain clinched victory in the mixed 4x100 relay on Sunday.

Hunt had already won two individual titles — the 100 and 200 — and added a third gold Saturday in the women’s 4x100 relay at Alexander Stadium.

The team of Jeremiah Azu, Dina Asher-Smith, Zharnel Hughes and Hunt won Sunday in a time of 39.97 seconds. Germany was second in 40.11 and Spain third in 40.42.

On the anchor leg, Hunt pulled away from Gina Lückenkemper to cross the line for gold.

“Oh my gosh, I'm over the moon,” Hunt told the BBC. “To finish it off with some of my best friends in the sport ... to do it all together is incredible.”

Asher-Smith won her career eighth European championships gold and became the competition's most decorated athlete.

This was the debut of the mixed 4x100 relay in the European championships.

“It’s good to get to try something new,” Asher-Smith told the BBC, although she added, “I was absolutely terrified.”

Amanal Petros made sure there was no photo finish this time.

The German won the men’s marathon at the European championships on Sunday morning by a whopping 7 seconds, less than a year after missing out on gold in a photo finish at the world championships in Tokyo.

Petros crossed the finish line in Birmingham in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 11 seconds — breaking the championships record in the process. Italy’s Pietro Riva took silver with his 2:09:18, three seconds better than Israel’s Gashau Ayale.

Last September, the Eritrean-born Petros settled for silver behind Tanzania’s Alphonce Simbu in the closest marathon in world championships history. Both men were officially clocked at 2:09:48, but it was determined that Simbu crossed the line a fraction sooner.

In the women’s marathon Sunday, Finland’s Alisa Vainio dominated the field to finish in 2:22:26, nearly five minutes ahead of silver medalist Lili Anna Vindics-Toth of Hungary. Britain’s Abbie Donnelly took bronze. Vainio broke Christelle Daunay’s championship record from 2014 by almost three minutes.

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Britain's Amy Hunt crosses the finish line to win the mixed 4 X 100 meters relay final setting a new European record at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Amy Hunt of Britain waves to the audience as she prepares to compete in the mixed 4 X 100 meters relay final at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Morgan Harlow)

Britain's Jeremiah Azu, Dina Asher-Smith, Zharnel Hughes and Amy Hunt pose after winning the mixed 4 X 100 meters relay final setting a new European record at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Amy Hunt of Britain prepares to compete in the mixed 4 X 100 meters relay final at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Morgan Harlow)

Alisa Vainio of Finland reacts after winning the women's marathon at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Morgan Harlow)

Alisa Vainio of Finland wins the women's marathon at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Morgan Harlow)

Amanal Petros of Germany celebrates winning the men's marathon at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Morgan Harlow)

Amanal Petros of Germany reacts as he is about to cross the finish line to win the men's marathon at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Morgan Harlow)