Judge's 2 homers lifts Yankees past Guardians
NEW YORK >> Aaron Judge hit a pair of opposite-field home runs and threw out a runner from center field, leading the New York Yankees over Cleveland 4-1 Friday night in the first trip to the Bronx by the renamed Guardians.
Reliever Michael King helped keep New York ahead by striking out eight in three innings, fanning his last seven batters.
Judge put the Yankees ahead in the third inning against Eli Morgan (1-1) when he followed a twoout walk to DJ LeMahieu with drive into the rightfield seats. Judge added a solo shot in the fifth.
Jameson Taillon (1-1) allowed one run and seven hits in five innings, giving up Franmil Reyes' home run in the fourth.
BRAVES 3, MARLINS 0 >> Kyle Wright had a career-high 11 strikeouts in six dominant innings, Matt Olson doubled in two runs and Atlanta beat Miami.
Wright (2-0) allowed four hits with one walk. The right-hander has a 1.06 ERA after three starts.
Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his fourth save in four chances.
Trevor Rogers (0-3) allowed one unearned run on four hits in five innings.
CARDINALS 4, REDS 2 Paul Goldschmidt helped slow down rookie fireballer Hunter Greene, Steven Matz pitched one-run ball over five innings and St. Louis stretched Cincinnati's skid to 10 games.
Goldschmidt had three hits and two RBIs. Both runs were charged to Greene (1-2), who walked four and was charged with three runs over 3 1/3 innings.
PHILLIES 4, BREWERS >> Alec Bohm hit a goahead, two-run single in the eighth inning, Bryce Harper got two key hits and Philadelphia stopped Milwaukee's four-game winning streak.
Harper started the Phillies' rally in the eighth with a single, and Castellanos and Realmuto followed with singles to load the bases against Aaron Ashby (0-2). Bohm drove Brad Boxberger's 2-2 pitch to right to score Harper and Castellanos and put
Philadelphia in front 3-2. Johan Camargo followed with an RBI single.
Corey Knebel pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.
Nick Nelson (1-0) didn't allow a run in the eighth.
RED SOX 4, RAYS 3 >> Xander Bogaerts had three hits and scored twice in the first five innings and Boston beat Tampa Bay.
Michael Wacha (1-0) gave up two runs on three hits, including two homers by the Rays' Wander Franco, in five innings to get his first win for Boston.
Matt Barnes got Franco on a groundball for his first save after Jake Diekman walked the bases loaded with two outs in the ninth.
Corey Kluber (0-1) gave up four runs on 11 hits in five innings.
PIRATES 4, CUBS 2 >> Roberto Perez drove in three runs, Michael Chavis broke a tie with a home run in the fourth inning, and Pittsburgh beat Chicago.
The Cubs were held scoreless over the final seven innings by Pirates left-hander Jose Quintana and four relievers in a game that started nearly six hours late because of forecasted inclement weather.
TWINS 2, WHITE SOX 1 >> White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson and first baseman José Abreu each made throwing errors on the same sloppy play, allowing Minnesota to score the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of a victory over Chicago.
Anderson made his sixth error in three games when he skipped a throw to first on Carlos Correa's two-out infield single that scored Ryan Jeffers from third. Correa may have stepped on Abreu's glove while he tried to scoop the ball, ripping it off Abreu's hand.
4, ASTROS 3 Matt Chapman doubled home Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with two outs in the ninth inning and Toronto beat Houston for its third straight win.
Chapman's tiebreaking drive into the left-center field gap off reliever Héctor Neris (1-1) scored Guerrero from first base. Houston lost its third in a row.