Judge homers, Blue Jays also benefit from long ball
BLUE JAYS 8, TIGERS 2
TORONTO — Teoscar Hernandez hit his first two home runs of the season and Darwin Barney had four hits.
Detroit dropped to 60-82 with its eighth loss in 10 games this month. The Tigers’ only other losing record since 2008 was 74-87 two years ago.
J.A. Happ (8-10) allowed two runs — one earned — and five hits in six innings, and Luis Santos finished for his first save.
ANGELS 5, MARINERS 3
SEATTLE — Justin Upton had a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth off Nick Vincent (3-2) to help Los Angeles avoid a sweep and close within one game of Minnesota for the second AL wild-card spot.
Mike Trout and Luis Valbuena had solo homers, and Cam Bedrosian (6-4) pitched a scoreless seventh to earn the win.
YANKEES 16, RANGERS 7
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Aaron Judge became the second major league rookie with a 40-homer season, going deep twice as New York moved 3 1/2 games ahead of Minnesota for the AL’s top wild card and closed within 3 1/2 games of AL East-leading Boston.
Gary Sanchez also hit two solo homers for the Yankees, giving him 30 this season and 50 in his 161 games since his 2015 debut.
With Judge’s AL-best 40th homer in the fourth, the 25-year-old joined Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle as the only Yankees to hit 40 homers at age 25 or younger. Judge added No. 41 two innings later.
Mark McGwire hit a league-high 49 homers as a rookie for Oakland in 1987.