Late surge leads Yankees past sloppy Astros

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Oswaldo Cabrera went 4-for-5 with three RBIs as the New York Yankees followed a two-run seventh inning with a four-run eighth to top the host Houston Astros 7-1 on Friday.

New York's Juan Soto went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Giancarlo Stanton hit a 419-foot homer to left-center in the ninth.

Cabrera and Soto teamed to rally the Yankees past the Astros in the latter innings for th