Judge’s 13th HR lifts Yanks
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge hit another long drive for his major league-leading 13th home run, singled to start the go-ahead rally and had the first three-hit game of his big league career, helping the New York Yankees rally from an early deficit to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6 on Wednesday night.
Matt Holliday hit his 300th home run, a three-run shot in the first, and pinch hitter Didi Gregorius drove in the go-ahead run in a three-run seventh inning with a comebacker that could have been an inning-ending double play but instead bounced off the glove of reliever Joe Biagini for an infield single.
The Blue Jays led 6-3 before Judge’s two-run homer in the third, a 435-foot drive into the netting above Monument Park behind the center-field wall.
A RED SOX 4, ORIOLES 2: Kevin Gausman was ejected in the second inning for hitting batter Xander Bogaerts, and Boston beat visiting Baltimore. Adam Jones was later tossed, too, soon after being upset by a called strike.
A INDIANS 3, TIGERS 2: Carlos Carrasco pitched six impressive innings, allowing two runs and five hits, and the bullpen held on for Cleveland in its victory at Detroit.
A CUBS 5, PHILLIES 4: Pinch hitters Willson Contreras and Matt Szczur had consecutive two-out RBIs in the sixth inning, helping Chicago edge visiting Philadelphia.
A MARLINS 10, RAYS 6: J.T. Realmuto drove in four runs, Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run double during a five-run sixth inning from Miami in a victory at Tampa Bay.
A TWINS 7, ATHLETICS 4: Kennys Vargas notched five RBIs, including a three-run homer off Kendall Graveman that propelled host Minnesota to a victory over Oakland.
A REDS 7, PIRATES 2: Billy Hamilton ended one of the leagues’ longest home run droughts — a streak of 319 at-bats — with a three-run shot, and Cincinnati beat visiting Pittsburgh.
A NATIONALS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1: Ryan Zimmerman had two hits and doubled in the go-ahead run, and Washington topped visiting Arizona.
A METS 16, BRAVES 5: Jose Reyes tied his career high with five RBIs, and New York pounded out 20 hits in a rout of host Atlanta. A ROYALS 6, WHITE SOX 1: Nate Karns pitched six innings of one-hit ball, striking out four in his final frame, and Kansas City cruised to a win against visiting Chicago.