AROUND THE HORN

Yankees:

Leadoff man Aaron Judge singled twice during a six-run first inning off Corey Kluber as the Yankees started with seven straight hits for the first time since 1990 and routed the Rays 10-3 Saturday Josh Donaldson homered early and Giancarlo Stanton connected late off a lob pitch as both players returned to the lineup and helped the AL East-leading Yankees move to 4 games ahead of the Rays. The Yankees also clinched the season headto-head tiebreaker over the Rays should the teams finish even atop the division Judge, leading the majors with 55 home runs, hit three singles in raising his average to .307. He is the first Yankees player to reach base at least three times in seven straight games since Mickey Mantle in June 1957 Judge also is the seventh Yankee to reach base at least three times in at least seven straight games. Besides Mantle, Babe Ruth did it in 1920, Lou Gehrig achieved it twice in 1936 and 1937, Tommy Henrich did it in 1938 and Joe DiMaggio along with Frank Crosetti achieved the feat in 1939 “Obviously, every team’s a little bit different in how they attack and pitchers are a little bit different but we’ve seen teams in some cases really pitch around him and stay away from him,” manager Aaron Boone “The Rays tend to go after him a little bit more, but take what the game gives you. Mike Schmidt used to always say that to me when I was a kid,” said Boone, whose father, Bob, was a teammate of the Hall of Fame third baseman in Philadelphia Judge has reached base in 12 straight games, reaching base multiple times in 11 games. He also reached base at least three times for a major league-leading 41st time.

The Yankees opened a game with seven straight hits — all singles — for the first time since starting a 15-3 win over Baltimore with eight hits in a row on Sept. 25, 1990.

Giants: Joey Bart and David Villar each homered, doubled and drove in two runs, helping the Giants top the Cubs 5-2 on Saturday to end a five-game losing streak. Logan Webb (13-8) allowed two runs on six hits over seven innings, while striking out six and walking none. The 25-year-old righthander retired 17 of his last 19 hitters, and extended his career highs for wins and innings pitched. Bart added a single in the ninth to finish with three hits. Joc Pederson doubled and singled for the Giants. John Brebbia tossed a scoreless eighth. Camilo Doval worked around a leadoff single in the ninth for his 21st save. Ian Happ doubled twice and drove in a run for the Cubs, who lost for the 10th time in 13 games.

White Sox: White Sox manager Tony La Russa has been cleared by his doctors to participate in Sunday’s pregame ceremony for retiring Dave Stewart’s No. 34 jersey with the Athletics. According to the White Sox, La Russa will travel with the team to Chicago after the series finale against the A’s, but the 77-year-old Hall of Famer hasn’t been cleared to return to the dugout as an active manager. La Russa managed Stewart during some of his best years in Oakland, including four straight 20-win seasons from 1987-1990 and the team’s World Series championship in 1989. La Russa missed his 12th straight game Saturday because of an unspecified health issue. Bench coach Miguel Cairo has been running the defending AL Central champions.