Judge powers Yanks to ninth straight victory
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Aaron Judge homered twice to run his long-ball streak to three straight games and added the tying RBI in the seventh inning to help the New York Yankees rally past Kansas City 6-4 on Sunday for their ninth straight win.
Judge has hit five home runs in his past five games and eight this season. Clarke Schmidt (2-2) pitched a scoreless inning in relief of Yankees starter Luis Severino. Aroldis Chapman left the tying run on base in the ninth inning to earn his sixth save of the year and 20th his past 20 chances.
Judge connected off Daniel Lynch for a drive estimated at 453 feet to center in the first inning. He added a no-doubt shot in the ninth. But it was the big slugger’s checked-swing groundout, which traveled about 30 feet, that tied the game in the seventh. The oopsie RBI came after New York had loaded the bases against Dylan Coleman (0-1) with no outs, and Josh Donaldson followed it with a goahead RBI grounder.
■ Angels 6, White Sox 5: At Chicago, Mike Trout homered, doubled, drew three walks and scored three times for Los Angeles to back Michael Lorenzen (3-1), who took a shutout into the ninth. Lorenzen was charged with three runs in 8⅓ innings, and Chicago left the bases loaded in the ninth.
■ Twins 9, Rays 3: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Jorge Polanco hit two two-run doubles to back Josh Winder (1-0), who allowed two hits over six shutout innings in his first major league start.
■ Mariners 7, Marlins 3: At Miami, Julio Rodriguez hit his first major league homer, a threerun shot, to back Logan Gilbert (4-0), who allowed one run in 5⅔ innings.
■ Guardians 7, Athletics 3: At Oakland, Calif., Triston Mckenzie (1-2) pitched 6⅓ shutout innings for Cleveland, which capped its first series sweep in Oakland in 22 years.
■ Dodgers 6, Tigers 3: At Los Angeles, Walker Buehler (3-1) pitched five shutout innings for Los Angeles, which overcame Miguel Cabrera’s 503rd homer.
■ Blue Jays 3, Astros 2: At Toronto, Bo Bichette hit a two-run homer in the Toronto sixth, and Santiago Espinal added a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh.
■ Orioles 9, Red Sox 5: At Baltimore, Rougned Odor homered in Baltimore’s six-run sixth to back Jordan Lyles (2-2), who allowed one run in six innings.
■ Cubs 2, Brewers 0: At Milwaukee, Marcus Stroman (1-3) allowed two hits in seven shutout innings to beat Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes (1-1).
■ Mets 10, Phillies 6: At New York, Dominic Smith went 4-for-4 with three RBIS for New York, which won its seventh straight series to open the season.
■ Nationals 11, Giants 5: At San Francisco, Yadiel Hernandez had a three-run double and a tworun single among his three hits for Washington.
■ Rockies 10, Reds 1: At Denver, Brendan Rodgers had two hits and four RBIS to back Kyle Freeland (1-3), who allowed one run in seven innings.
■ Rangers 7, Braves 3: At Arlington, Texas, Adolis Garcia highlighted his three-hit, four-rbi day with a three-run triple in the third.
■ Padres 5, Pirates 2: At Pittsburgh, Joe Musgrove (4-0) held Pittsburgh to one run and struck out eight over seven innings.
■ Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 5: At St. Louis, Harrison Bader and Nolan Arenado homered in St. Louis’ four-run seventh.