Big fifth inning carries Yankees past Giants

Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the fifth inning, when the New York Yankees scored five runs en route to an 8-4 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturday afternoon in rainy conditions.

Bellinger also hit an RBI triple in the first inning before ripping a single to center field off San Francisco's Jordan Hicks (1-1) to snap a 2-2 tie in the fifth.

Paul Goldschmidt lifted a sacrifice fly in the first before hitting a fifth-inning ground-rule double to right that scored Aaron Judge.

Ben Rice homered in the sixth and scored on Bellinger's single in the fifth. Anthony Volpe hit a sacrifice fly and Jasson Dominguez added a two-run single in New York's big inning.

Wilmer Flores drove in all four runs for the Giants. He hit a tying two-run homer in the second inning off New York starter Will Warren and a two-run single in the sixth off Fernando Cruz.

Warren (1-0) earned his first career win by allowing two runs on two hits in five innings. He struck out six and walked two after the Yankees put Marcus Stroman on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation before the game.

Luke Weaver struck out Sam Huff with two on to end the sixth, and Mark Leiter Jr. stranded two in the eighth. Devin Williams fanned two in the ninth with two on in a non-save situation.

Hicks was rocked for seven runs on eight hits in four-plus innings.

The Yankees went ahead in the first when Bellinger hit a fly ball that carried to deep left and caromed off the edge of Heliot Ramos' glove as he attempted a leaping catch near the warning track. After Goldschmidt lifted a sacrifice fly, Flores blasted a 1-2 sinker into the Yankees' bullpen in right-center field in the second.

Bellinger's single in the fifth snapped the tie, and Goldschmidt hit a double that bounced into the right field seats. After Volpe's sacrifice fly, Dominguez lined a single to left for a 7-2 lead.

Rice made the score 8-4 by homering to right in the sixth.

--Field Level Media