Gregorius homers twice to lift Yankees
Harper hits brokenbat HR in Nats win
NEW YORK — Didi Gregorius homered twice for the second time this season, Gary Sanchez had three hits and three RBIs, and the New York Yankees romped to a 12-1 victory over Derek Jeter’s Miami Marlins on Monday night.
About the only Yankees bopper who didn’t get in on the fun was Giancarlo Stanton, who went hitless and got booed again by the hometown fans in his first game against his former team.
Aaron Judge became the fastest major leaguer to hit 60 career homers, and Gregorius finished with three RBIs. New York scored in each of the first five innings and built an 11-0 lead for Luis Severino (3-1), who allowed one hit in six scoreless innings and struck out eight.
Judge hit his fourth home run this season and reached 60 in 197 games, five fewer than Mark McGwire.
Jeter did not attend the game, the first between the teams since the former Yankees captain became Marlins CEO last October.
Stanton went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts, a bases-loaded foulout, a walk and was hit by a pitch. The four-time All-Star, two-time NL home run champion and reigning NL MVP was dealt to the Yankees in December as part of a Jeter-directed payroll purge.
NATIONALS 8, METS 6: In New York, Bryce Harper hit a startling, broken-bat homer early, then grounded a key single during a six-run surge in the eighth inning that sent Washington past New York.
The Nationals rallied against five pitchers in their big burst,
winning for just the fourth time in 13 games. ROCKIES 6, PIRATES 2: In Pittsburgh, Trevor Story drilled a three-run home run, German Marquez pitched six effective innings and Colorado kept its road surge going. DODGERS 10, PADRES 3: In San Diego, Yasmani Grandal hit a grand slam, Matt Kemp had a three-run homer and Hyun-Jin Ryu struck out nine in six strong innings for Los Angeles.
REDS 10, BREWERS 4: In Milwaukee, Billy Hamilton drove in three runs and Cincinnati ended an eight-game losing streak. ATHLETICS 8, WHITE SOX 1: In Oakland, Calif., Daniel Mengden carried a shutout into the ninth inning in his best start of the season and Oakland beat Chicago.
The game was played before an announced crowd of 7,479.
MARINERS 2, ASTROS 1: In Seattle, James Paxton delivered six strong innings, Nelson Cruz took Dallas Keuchel deep and Seattle beat Houston. RAYS 8, RANGERS 4: In St. Ptersburg, Fla., Mallex Smith had four hits and Blake Snell struck out nine to help Tampa Bay stop a four-game losing streak. BRAVES 2, PHILLIES 1: In Atlanta, Julio Teheran outpitched Aaron Nola and Atlanta snapped Philadelphia’s six-game winning streak.
POSTPONEMENTS: Toronto postponed Monday’s series opener against Kansas City after chunks of ice crashed down from the nearby CN Tower following a weekend of freezing rain, including one that punctured a hole in the Rogers Centre roof.
The teams will play a doubleheader today.
The series opener between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals also was postponed because of poor weather.