When a team goes through rough patches over a long season, it can often be useful to get back to basics and play the style of baseball that helped define the team at its essence. They’re known as the Bronx Bombers for a reason,

But the Yankees tied it back up in the seventh, as Grisham walked (with some help from home plate umpire Nic Lentz, whose strike zone angered both teams all day), Judge singled and Bellinger lifted a sacrifice fly that made it 4-4.

The Yankees (67-57), taking advantage of a soft schedule, have won five of their last six and six of their last eight.

ST. LOUIS — Ben Rice homered and tied a career high with seven RBIs, Aaron Judge also went deep in his first multi-hit game since the All-Star break, and the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 12-8, on Saturday night.

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