Answers continued to elude the Yankees on Saturday, as they humiliated themselves in a 12-1 loss to the Red Sox. The Yanks are now 1-8 against their oldest rival and a combined 4-15 against the Red Sox and first-place Blue Jays this season.

Prior to Saturday night, there was only one first baseman who had multiple seven-RBI games for the Yankees, and his name was Lou Gehrig. He had nine, for the record. Now Rice has two. He joins the multi-7-RBI-game club. The Yankees needed all of that Rice production in a crazy 12-8 win over the Cardinals.

If the New York Yankees are going to stay in contention for a postseason berth, the issues that surfaced in the ninth inning of Saturday's 12-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox must be resolved.

José Caballero knew on contact that Ben Rice’s monster swing would result in a ball in the seats. With one out, runners on the corners and the New York Yankees trailing by two in the top of the fourth,

Ben Rice drove in seven runs and scored twice as the visiting New York Yankees outslugged the St. Louis Cardinals 12-8 on Saturday night.

The New York Yankees are going through a rough stretch, and making a change in the lineup could be key in getting the offense going again.

So when Ben Rice crushed a solo home run on Thursday night against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, it tied the game and one run apiece –– but the Yankees wound up losing 6-3. That cut New York's lead over Boston to just a half game for second place in the American League East Standings, as they trail the Toronto Blue Jays by 4.5 games.