AROUND THE HORN

„ Yankees-A’s: Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton homered to fuel the New York Yankees’ major league-best 24th comeback victory, bailing out Jameson Taillon in a 5-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. The Yankees completed a three-game sweep of baseball’s worst team and improved to 56-20, matching the 2001 Mariners and 1998 Yankees for baseball’s best 76-game start since 1930. The Yankees are 25-1 when Judge and Stanton homer in the same game, including 9-0 this season.

Brewers-Rays: Rowdy Tellez hit two home runs and Milwaukee center fielder Jonathan Davis made a spectacular catch, sending the Brewers over the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Wednesday. Tellez has five home runs and eight RBIs in his past six games. Tellez hit his 15th homer, a tiebreaking, solo drive in the eighth inning to right field off reliever Calvin Faucher (1-2).

Astros-Mets: Former Old Dominion star Justin Verlander pitched two-hit ball for eight innings, light-hitting backup catcher Jason Castro lined a two-run homer in the ninth and the Houston Astros beat the Mets 2-0 Wednesday to send New York to its first threegame losing streak this season. Astros left fielder Yordan Álvarez and shortstop Jeremy Peña were hurt when they collided in the eighth while running down Dominic Smith’s popup. Both called for the ball and as Peña caught the pop, and they hit each other in the face with their gloves. Álvarez was removed on a cart, sitting up, and Peña walked back to the dugout during the eight-minute delay. Verlander (10-3) became the major leagues’ first 10-game winner, striking out six and walking one. The 39-year-old righthander, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, has a 2.03 ERA this year in his return from Tommy John surgery.

Royals-Rangers: Zach Greinke allowed just one run on four hits, helping the Kansas City Royals avoid a three-game sweep by beating the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Wednesday. Kansas City’s Kyle Isbel provided the winning cushion with his second home run in as many games. Greinke (2-4) made his 500th career start.

Padres-Diamondbacks: Mike Clevinger outpitched Madison Bumgarner by throwing one-hit ball for six innings in his longest outing of the year, leading the San Diego Padres over the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 Wednesday. Jake Cronenworth broke out of a 0-for-26 skid with two doubles and a single, driving in two runs and scoring once.

Tigers-Giants: Eric Haase hit a two-run homer to break a 1-all tie in the sixth inning and the Detroit Tigers held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Wednesday.

Mets: Aces Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer took their next steps Wednesday toward returning to the Mets’ rotation. DeGrom, sidelined since last July 7, threw 27 pitches to hitters in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and could progress to a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment. The 37-yearold Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young winner, has been sidelined since straining his left oblique muscle while pitching against the Cardinals on May 18. He was to make his second rehab start for the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies on Wednesday night, taking the mound against the Hartford Yard Goats.

Phillies: Slugger Bryce Harper had successful surgery to repair his broken left thumb, interim manager Rob Thomson said, but there’s no timetable for his return. The Phillies remain hopeful the 2021 NL MVP can play again this season. “It went very well,” said Thomson, who deferred all other questions about the surgery to Harper.