Judge leads Yankees to their ninth consecutive triumph
Aaron Judge homered twice to run his long-ball streak to three straight games, added the tying RBI in the seventh and helped the visiting New York Yankees rally past the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Sunday for their ninth straight win.
Judge returned from a scheduled day off to connect off Daniel Lynch for a drive estimated at 453 feet to center in the first inning. He added another no-doubt shot in the ninth.
But it was the slugger’s checked-swing groundout, which traveled about 30 feet, that tied the game in the seventh. The oopsie RBI came after the Yankees had loaded the bases against Dylan Coleman (0-1) with nobody out. Josh Donaldson followed it with a goahead grounder that gave New York the lead for good. MARINERS 7, MARLINS 3 » Logan Gilbert kept up his run of impressive starts, Julio Rodríguez hit his first major league homer and Seattle ended host Miami’s seven-game winning streak.
Jesse Winker had three hits and two RBIs for the Mariners, who snapped a four-game skid.
Gilbert (4-0), who struck out five, held the Marlins hitless until Jon Berti’s two-out single in the fifth. The 24-year-old righty was lifted after allowing Brian Anderson’s solo homer with two outs in the sixth.
Rodríguez’s three-run drive against Sandy Alcantara (2-1) made it 5-0 in the sixth.
BLUE JAYS 3, ASTROS 2 » Santiago Espinal drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the seventh inning, Bo Bichette added a two-run homer and Toronto topped visiting Houston.
Right-hander Kevin Gausman (2-1) struck out 10 over seven innings. He allowed two runs and six hits. He has not walked a batter or given up a homer in 31 2/3 innings this season. ROCKIES 10, REDS 1 » Kyle Freeland tossed seven strong innings and Colorado completed a home sweep of struggling Cincinnati.
Brendan Rodgers had two hits and four RBIs, and C.J. Cron and Randal Grichuk homered for the Rockies.
Freeland (1-3) allowed a run and four hits against a Cincinnati team that is off to its worst start in franchise history. The Reds (3-19) have lost six straight and 17 of their last 18 and surpassed the 2018 team that started 4-18. CUBS 2, BREWERS 0 » Marcus Stroman threw two-hit ball for seven innings, outpitching Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes and leading Chicago at Milwaukee.
Patrick Wisdom homered as the Cubs ended a fourgame losing streak.
Stroman (1-3) earned his first win for his new team in his fifth start. Pitching on his 31st birthday, he struck out five and walked one.
Burnes (1-1) struck out 10 in seven innings, giving up four hits.
PADRES 5, PIRATES 2 » Joe Musgrove struck out eight over seven solid innings and San Diego beat host Pittsburgh.
Musgrove (4-0), who was traded from Pittsburgh to San Diego after the 2020 season, looked comfortable in his old stomping grounds, scattering seven hits while allowing just one run. GUARDIANS 7, ATHLETICS 3 » Triston McKenzie threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings and Cleveland completed its first sweep in Oakland in 22 years.
McKenzie (1-2) held the A’s to three hits, struck out seven and walked one. NATIONALS 11, GIANTS 5 » Yadiel Hernandez drove in a career-high five runs with three hits as visiting Washington beat San Francisco.
Juan Soto also had three hits and scored three times for the Nationals.
Josiah Gray (3-2) allowed one hit in six innings. METS 10, PHILLIES 6 » Dominic Smith went 4 for 4 with three RBIs to back an inconsistent Max Scherzer, and New York won its seventh straight series to begin the season by beating visiting Philadelphia.
Jeff McNeil also had four of New York’s 15 hits, and Starling Marte drove in three runs.
Scherzer (4-0) struck out his first five batters for the first time in his career and looked overpowering at times. But he gave up two home runs to Mets nemesis Kyle Schwarber, and a solo shot to Bryce Harper on an 0-2 pitch.
The three-time Cy Young Award winner struck out nine and walked one in six innings. He gave up four runs and five hits. RANGERS 7, BRAVES 3 » Adolis Garcia highlighted a three-hit, four-RBI day with a bases-clearing triple in the third inning to help host Texas defeat Atlanta.
The Rangers took advantage of wildness by Dallas native Kyle Muller (0-1), who was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett and made his first start of the season. He walked six and allowed four singles in 2 2/3 innings. TWINS 9, RAYS 3 » Jorge Polanco drove in four runs with a pair of doubles, Byron Buxton homered and Minnesota coasted at Tampa Bay to its ninth win in 10 games.
Josh Winder (1-0) pitched six shutout innings in his first major league start for the Twins, giving up two hits and striking out seven.