Bednar struck out Yainer Diaz and Taylor Trammell to end the inning. Tied at 4 heading to the bottom fo the eighth. Rice, Volpe, Grisham due up for the Yankees.

David Bednar has walked in the tying run. He was ahead 0-and-2.

David Bednar is coming in with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth. Yanks' lead down to 4-3. This inning should have been over two batters ago.

Jose Altuve's RBI single cuts it to 4-3. Jasson Dominguez's throw home is fielded by no one, allowing the runners to advance to second and third.

Camilo Doval fields a tailor-made inning-ending double play, but his throw to Anthony Volpe at second is wide. Jose Altuve steps up with runners on first and second and one out.

All things considered, a serviceable outing for Stanton in right. Caught a line drive in first and made a nice throw home in the fourth. Didn't field Jesus Sanchez's 110.2-mph double off the wall great, but it was going to be a hit regardless (.730 expected batting average).

Giancarlo Stanton's day in rightfield is done after seven innings. Jasson Dominguez will play left and Cody Bellinger is in right.

The Yankees go down in order in the seventh. Camilo Doval is coming in to face the Astros' 9-1-2 in the eighth.

It's a smooth 1-2-3 seventh for Luke Weaver. A 27-foot popout to Paul Goldschmidt in foul territory, a soft flyout to Jose Caballero in shallow right and a strikeout swinging of Ramon Urias.

Goldschmidt hits a soft pop up to right to end the sixth. Yankees lead 4-2. Luke Weaver is coming in to face the Astros' 6-7-8.

Framber Valdez's day is done after 5 2/3 innings. Kaleb Ort enters to face Paul Goldschmidt with Trent Grisham on third.

Leiter gets Walker to hit into a 6-4-3 double play. Half inning over. Yanks lead 4-2.

Luis Gil's day is done after giving up a one-out single to Carlos Correa in the sixth. Solid outing for his second one of the season. Yanks still haven't had a starter go six innings since July 30. Mark Leiter Jr. coming in.

Ben Rice hits into a 4-6-3 double play. Cody Bellinger scores to make it 4-2.

Giancarlo Stanton's RBI single gives the Yankees a 3-2 lead. Runners on first and third with no outs for Ben Rice.

Aaron Judge walks on a pitch clock violation to lead off the fifth. He's 1-for-1 with two walks against Valdez.

Gil gets out of trouble, striking out Jesus Sanchez swinging to end the top of the fifth. He's at 83 pitches through five innings.

Matt Blake is coming out for a mound visit. Luis Gil gave up a two-out double to No. 9 hitter Chas McCormick, and then a walk to Jeremy Pena.

Great toss, actually:

Carlos Correa's RBI single to right evens things at 2. Decent throw by Stanton from right, a one-hopper to Ben Rice, but Sanchez beats it.