Frontier grad Gillaspie makes debut
BALTIMORE — The new wall in left field at Camden Yards served its purpose, denying Aaron Judge a home run on his 399-foot drive in the first inning.
“I learned my lesson and decided to go to right field after that,” he said.
The ballpark couldn’t hold Judge’s next two hits, a pair of solo homers that helped the New York Yankees to a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. Judge and reliever Michael King were the biggest stars of this victory, New York’s 20th in its last 23 games.
Judge came within a few feet of a three-homer game.
His bid in the first hit high off the wall — which was moved back and made taller before this season. He settled for an RBI double, then went deep in the third and fifth to increase his major league-leading home run total to 14.
Judge added a single in the eighth off Frontier graduate Logan Gillaspie, — who was making his Major League debut — for his third four-hit game and first since 2019.
Before the game, the Orioles recalled Gillaspie from triple-A Norfolk.
Gillaspie, who played two seasons at Oxnard College, pitched two scoreless innings of relief in the loss, giving up three hits with a strike out.
The 25-year-old righthander was a first-team BVarsity All-area selection as a senior for the Titans after hitting .388 with four home runs and 23 RBIs.
He also had 43 strike outs in 41 1/3 innings as a pitcher.
METS 3, CARDINALS 1
NEW YORK — Jeff McNeil and Dominic Smith helped New York chip away at Miles Mikolas, Trevor Williams was sharp in the doubleheader opener.
It was the first meeting between the teams since a bench-clearing scuffle in St. Louis on April 27. After four Mets hitters were plunked in the series, New York reliever Yoan López threw a pitch near Nolan Arenado’s head that sparked the melee.
MARLINS 5, NATIONALS 1
MIAMI — Miguel Rojas homered, doubled and singled to lead Miami.
WHITE SOX 3-1, ROYALS 0-2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brady Singer outdueled Davis Martin as Kansas City won the second game of a doubleheader.
The White Sox won the first game behind clutch hitting by Jose Abreu, who had a two-out, two-run double keyed a three-run fifth inning.
BRAVES 3, BREWERS 0
MILWAUKEE — Ronald Acuña Jr. returned to action, Marcell Ozuna hit a two-run homer and Atlanta ended their scoring drought.
CUBS 7, PIRATES 0
CHICAGO — Keegan Thompson combined with three relievers on a five-hitter, and Chicago shut out Pittsburgh for the second straight game, and extended their winning streak to a season-best four.
BLUE JAYS 3, MARINERS 0
TORONTO — José Berríos and two relievers combined
on a six-hitter and George Springer provided all the offense with a bases-loaded triple.
ASTROS 13, RED SOX 4
BOSTON — Houston tied the MLB record for most home runs in an inning, hitting five off Boston starter Nathan Eovaldi as part of a nine-run second.
RAYS 8, TIGERS 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Kevin Kiermaier, Kevin Phillips and Randy Arozarena each homered and drove in two runs, and Shane McClanahan struck out seven in seven innings.
PADRES 3, PHILLIES 0
PHILADELPHIA — Mike Clevinger tossed one-hit ball over five shutout innings and combined with two relievers to lead San Diego.