Yankees ride Judge’s blast past Orioles

BALTIMORE — Aaron Judge homered and singled twice in his second game back from the injured list as the New York Yankees beat Baltimore 8-3 on Saturday.

Giancarlo Stanton and Kyle Higashioka also went deep for the Yankees, who knocked out Orioles starter Tyler Wells (7-6) in the third inning. In the sixth, Isiah Kiner-falefa capped a 10-pitch at-bat with a three-run double that put New York up 8-3.

Judge has three walks and three hits in nine plate appearances since returning Friday from the toe injury that kept him out since early June.

Baltimore stayed 1½ games ahead of Tampa Bay atop the American League East. The Yankees are 3½ behind Toronto and Houston for the American League’s final two wild cards.

Stanton’s first-inning solo drive easily cleared Camden Yards’ big wall in left field. Ryan Mountcastle homered to tie it in the second, and the Orioles went up 2-1 on an RBI single by Ramon Urias. That lead was short-lived.

Judge hit a two-run shot — 442 feet to center field — in the third, and Gleyber Torres added a sacrifice fly an inning later.

■ Diamondbacks 4, Mariners 3: At Phoenix, Corbin Carroll drew a leadoff walk in the eighth, coaxed a balk by Andres Munoz (2-4), stole third and scored the go-ahead run on fellow rookie Dominic Canzone’s chopper through Seattle’s drawn-in infield.

■ Braves 11, Brewers 5: At Atlanta, Ronald Acuna Jr. stole his 50th base this season in Atlanta’s six-run first and finished 3-for-4 with his 24th homer and two RBIS.

■ Astros 17, Rays 4: At Houston, Yainer Diaz and Jose Abreu each had three hits including a homer for Houston, which totaled 18 hits — nine for extra bases.

■ Cubs 5, Cardinals 1: At St. Louis, Jameson Taillon (5-6) held St. Louis to one run on two hits over six innings in Chicago’s eighth straight win.

■ Pirates 7, Phillies 6: At Pittsburgh, rookie Endy Rodriguez hit a go-ahead three-run triple in Pittsburgh’s four-run fifth and totaled four RBIS.

■ Padres 4, Rangers 0: At San Diego, Ha-seong Kim hit a two-run single to back Yu Darvish (8-7), who struck out nine in six shutout innings.

■ Nationals 11, Mets 6: At New York, Dominic Smith hit a two-run single in a four-run first for Washington, which led 8-1 in the third.

■ White Sox 7, Guardians 2: At Chicago, Tim Anderson had three hits, including his first homer since July 15, 2022, for Chicago.

■ Giants 3, Red Sox 2: At San Francisco, J.D. Davis hit a walk-off homer on the first pitch by Kenley Jansen (2-5) in the ninth.

■ Royals 10, Twins 7: At Kansas City, Mo., Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-for-5 with a homer, a triple and three RBIS for Kansas City.

■ Tigers 5, Marlins 0: At Miami, Akil Baddoo hit a three-run homer, and five Detroit pitchers combined on a seven-hitter.

■ Athletics 11, Rockies 3: At Denver, rookie Zack Gelof and Brent Rooker homered in Oakland’s five-run second.

■ Dodgers 3, Reds 2: At Los Angeles, Max Muncy hit a two-run homer in the first and a solo shot in the sixth.

■ Blue Jays 6, Angels 1: At Toronto, Alejandro Kirk hit a two-run homer and a solo shot.

Julio Cortez The Associated Press Aaron Judge follows through on a go-ahead two-run homer in the third inning for the Yankees in their 8-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday at Camden Yards. He went 3-for-5.

Ronald Acuna Jr.