Yankees get 11th straight victory
Judge hits 9th homer, 2-run double; Stanton’s 5th homer a 2-run shot
Aaron Judge homered and drove in three runs, Jameson Taillon allowed one run in six innings, and the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to 11 games by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 on Tuesday night.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a tworun home run in the ninth, his fifth of the season. New York leads the MLB with 34 home runs this season, including 23 in the past 11 games.
Judge’s homer was his ninth, tying teammate Anthony Rizzo for the big-league lead. Judge has 13 RBIS in his past five games after getting a two-run double in New York’s six-run seventh inning.
Taillon (2-1) allowed five hits, walked none, and struck out four to win his second straight decision.
Josh Donaldson and Marwin Gonzalez each had RBI doubles and Aaron Hicks reached base four times as the Yankees improved to 18-6. It’s the seventh time in franchise history that New York has won 18 of its first 24 games.
New York’s winning streak also is the longest in the majors this season (the Yankees won 13 straight games from Aug. 14 to 27, last year).
One of New York’s runs in the seventh came when home plate umpire Ron Kulpa ruled Gonzalez had evaded a tag from Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in a rundown between third and home. Replays appeared to show Guerrero did tag Gonzalez, but Toronto had already lost its challenge earlier in the inning.
After two of the first three
batters reached against him, Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah retired 15 straight batters, striking out six.
Hicks got a one-out single in the sixth, but Hicks was thrown out trying to steal second with Judge at the plate. Two pitches later, Judge hit a game-tying, 427-foot homer into the second deck in left.
Adam Cimber (4-1) replaced Manoah in the sixth and gave up RBI doubles to Donaldson and Gonzalez.
Julian Merryweather replaced Cimber but didn’t retire any of the four batters he faced. After Gonzalez scored on Jose Trevino’s fielder’s choice, Hicks hit an RBI single and Judge followed with a two-run double.
Bawling for a ball
A man in a Blue Jays cap picked up Judge’s home run ball and briefly held his arms aloft in celebration, then handed it over to a young boy in a Yankees cap and Judge T-shirt one row behind. Overcome with emotion, the boy started crying and gave the man a hug.
“That’s what’s special about this game, man,” Judge said when told about the exchange. “It doesn’t matter what jersey you wear, everybody is a fan, everybody appreciates this game..”
Trainer’s room
Yankees: Outfielder Joey Gallo (tight left groin) sat for the third straight day. Blue Jays: Outfielder Teoscar Hernandez (strained left oblique) homered on the second pitch he saw in his first rehab game at Class-a Dunedin. Hernandez finished 2-for-4 with two RBIS.