Ben Rice had his first big league four-hit game and drove in two runs, Oswaldo Cabrera hit a solo homer and New York rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 in the Yankees’ first game as a visitor at their spring training home.

New York broke a 3-3 tie in the sixth when Jasson Domínguez grounded into a run-scoring forceout against Taj Bradley.

The Yankees found it “definitely a little bit odd” to occupy the visitors’ side of their spring facility on Thursday evening, as manager Aaron Boone put it, describing his team’s first experiences underneath the third-base grandstands of George M.

For the first time, Steinbrenner Field did not feel like a home away from home for the Yankees. Steinbrenner Field has been the site of spring training for the franchise since 1996, but this season -- because of severe damage done to Tropicana Field's roof by Hurricane Milton last October -- the AL East rival Rays are using the facility for all 81 of their “home” games this season.

Aaron Judge hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the seventh inning that ended a 10-game drought, and the New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals 4-3 to complete a three-game sweep.

For the first time this season, Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees. But it was Aaron Judge who played the role of finisher in Wednesday night’s 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals in the Bronx. Judge’s go-ahead home run in the seventh inning proved to be the game-winner as the Yankees (11-7) finished off a three-game sweep.

The Kansas City Royals were trying to avoid a sweep on Wednesday night, but Aaron Judge had other ideas. In the seventh inning of a tied game, Judge came to the plate to lead off the inning and deposited a 1-0 sinker from reliever John Schreiber into the bullpen in right-center field.