Judge wins it for Yanks, who stave off another no-hit bid
Aaron Judge drove a three-run homer in the 10th inning for his second gameending hit against the Astros in four days, and the New York Yankees recovered after nearly being nohit for the second consecutive game to beat Houston 6-3 for a four-game split between the AL’s top teams.
Giancarlo Stanton ended a historic hitless drought for New York with a oneout homer in the seventh inning, and DJ LeMahieu delivered a tying two-run shot in the eighth.
After Michael King stranded the bases loaded in the 10th, Isiah Kiner-Falefa dropped a two-strike bunt that moved automatic runner Aaron Hicks to third. Right-hander Seth Martinez intentionally walked Matt Carpenter and struck out LeMahieu, setting up a two-out showdown with Judge.
Just like on Thursday, when he broke a 6-all tie with a single in the ninth, Judge lifted the Yankees. His rocket to left-center landed in the visiting bullpen.
With their 10th walkoff win this year, the major league-leading Yankees improved to 53-20. They are 24-1 when Judge and Stanton homer in the same game, including 8-0 this season.
José Urquidy was eight outs from Houston’s second straight no-hitter before Stanton connected, cutting the Astros’ lead to 3-1. The Yankees had been 0 for 52 since the eighth inning of a 3-1 loss Friday night — a stretch including a combined no-hitter by Cristian Javier, Héctor Neris and Ryan Pressly on Saturday.
New York’s 16 1/3-inning hitless drought was the longest by any team since at least 1961.
PHILLIES 8, PADRES 5 »
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Schwarber hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh and Philadelphia rallied to beat host San Diego.
The Padres’ Yu Darvish left with a 5-3 lead after striking out a season-high nine in six innings. But reliever Nabil Crismatt (4-1) couldn’t hold it after getting into trouble opening the seventh. Bryson Stott walked, Matt Vierling singled and Schwarber, the leadoff batter, drove a 2-1 pitch into the left field seats for the lead.
San Diego went ahead 5-2 in the third on tworun doubles by Austin Nola and rookie C.J. Abrams that knocked out Kyle Gibson. REDS 10, GIANTS 3 » Tyler Mahle pitched into the seventh inning for his first victory in more than a month, and Cincinnati was victorious at San Francisco.
Joey Votto hit an RBI double as part of the Reds’ seven-run third inning, helping Cincinnati take two of three from the Giants after dropping seven in a row.
Mahle (3-6) had seven strikeouts and allowed three runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings.
RED SOX 8, GUARDIANS 3 » Trevor Story drove in two runs to reach 500 career RBIs, Rafael Devers and J.D. Martinez each had three hits and visiting Boston topped Cleveland for a three-game road sweep that extended its winning streak to seven.
Boston had 15 hits and drew 11 walks, its highest total since May 2019. BREWERS 10, BLUE JAYS 3 » Rowdy Tellez hit a pair of two-run homers against his former team, leading Milwaukee over visiting Toronto.
Tellez, traded from Toronto to the Brewers last July, homered in the first inning. He then connected in the second for his 13th home run.
José Berríos (5-4) allowed eight hits and a season-high eight runs in 2 2/3 innings. CUBS 6, CARDINALS 5, 10 INNINGS » Willson Contreras hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th to drive in his third run of the game, and Chicago overcame a five-run deficit to win at St. Louis. MARLINS 3, METS 2 » Rookie Nick Fortes hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and Miami defeated New York.
Fortes drove an 0-1 pitch from reliever Adam Ottavino (2-2) into the left field seats as Miami avoided a three-game sweep by the NL East leaders.
RAYS 4, PIRATES 2 » Shane McClanahan struck out 10 over seven innings and Tampa Bay completed a three-game home sweep of Pittsburgh.
McClanahan (8-3) allowed one run and four hits, lowering his major leagueleading ERA to 1.77 ERA. WHITE SOX 4, ORIOLES 3 » Dylan Cease struck out a career-high 13 over seven innings, Gavin Sheets homered and host Chicago avoided a four-game sweep by beating Baltimore.