Judge hits 2 HRs as Yanks rally past Rays

Aaron Judge hit his second two-run homer of the game in the sixth inning as the New York Yankees rallied from a six-run deficit and then held on for a 9-8 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.

The Yankees won for the eighth time in 11 games by pulling off their biggest comeback this year after Nestor Cortes allowed Yandy Diaz’s first career grand slam.

Kyle Higashioka and Judge hit two-run homers in the fifth to knock out Shane McClanahan early before the Yankees were sparked by rookie Anthony Volpe in the sixth.

Volpe opened the inning with a bunt single and stole two bases before scoring on a wild pitch by Ryan Thompson (1-1) during an at-bat to Gleyber Torres.

After Torres walked, Judge lifted a 1-2 slider into the second deck in left field to give the Yankees a 7-6 lead.

After Judge’s 439-foot blast, Oswaldo Cabrera delivered a two-run single off Javy Guerra to make it 9-6.

Diaz hit his first career grand slam in the fifth inning, two batters after Cortes was called for a pitch clock violation that resulted in a walk to Jose Siri.

Randy Arozarena followed Diaz’s drive into the left field bleachers with an RBI infield single off Jimmy Cordero (3-1) after the Rays successfully overturned the initial call on replay.

Mariners 5, Tigers 0: Rookie Bryce Miller delivered another dazzling pitching performance as visiting Seattle blanked Detroit.

AIn his third career start, Miller (2-0) held the Tigers to three hits over seven innings and didn’t walk a batter while recording three strikeouts.

Miller has allowed just one run on seven hits in 19 innings with one walk and 18 strikeouts since being called up from Double-A Arkansas.

INTERLEAGUE

Blue Jays 5, Braves 2: Bo Bichette’s second RBI single of the game scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and Toronto defeated visiting Atlanta.

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