THURSDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Aaron Judge hit his 51st home run to give the Yankees a quick lead, but New York missed a big chance to tighten the AL East race when Sonny Gray and the bullpen fell apart in a 9-6 loss to the Rays. … Carlos Carrasco struck out 14, Jason Kipnis and Roberto Perez hit two-run homers and the Indians notched their 100th win, 5-2 over the understandably sluggish Twins. … The NL East champion Nationals began their last — and meaningless — series of the regular season without a sore Bryce Harper and with a blown save by closer Sean Doolittle in what became a 5-4 victory over the Pirates, whose starting pitcher, Ivan Nova, left after getting hit by a pitch on his throwing hand while batting. … Giancarlo Stanton homered twice to become the first player to hit 59 in a season since 2001, and the Marlins opened the last series of Jeffrey Loria’s tenure as owner by beating the Braves 7-1. Stanton hit a solo home run in the fourth, then added a two-run drive in the eighth that would have gone 467 feet unimpeded, according to MLB’s Statcast. … Daniel Norris threw five scoreless innings to pick up his first victory in more than three months as the Tigers snapped a seasonhigh nine-game losing streak by beating the Royals 4-1. … Ryon Healy hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the sixth inning to help the Athletics beat the Rangers 4-1. … Rob Brantly hit the game-tying home run in the eighth inning and Tim Anderson hustled home for the go-ahead run as the White Sox rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Angels.