Three bombs by Judge halt Yankees’ skid
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge had his first threehomer game in the majors and tied his career high with six RBIS, almost single-handedly breaking the New York Yankees’ first nine-game slide in 41 years with a 9-1 victory over Washington on Wednesday.
Two hours after general manager Brian Cashman called the season “a disaster,” Judge drove a firstinning curveball from Mackenzie Gore (6-10) over the Yankees’ bullpen in right-center.
Judge opened a 6-0 lead in the second with his fifth grand slam, a shot into the netting above Monument Park in center. Then in the seventh he combined with D.J. Lemahieu for back-to-back homers off Jose A. Ferrer, popping the ball over the right-field short porch just inside the foul pole.
Last-place New York (61-65) had been within one loss of what would have been its first 10game skid since 1913. Before Judge’s first homer, the Yankees had gone 61 innings without leading since Aug. 14, the third-longest stretch in franchise history.
■ Reds 9-7, Angels 4-3: At Anaheim, Calif., Elly De La Cruz hit a three-run homer and a threerun triple in Game 1. Tyler Stephenson and Matt Mclain each hit a two-run homer for Cincinnati in Game 2.
■ Braves 7, Mets 0: At Atlanta, Marcell
Ozuna hit a two-run homer, an RBI double and an RBI single to back Charlie Morton (13-10), who allowed two hits while striking out 11 in seven shutout innings.
■ White Sox 5, Mariners 4: At Chicago, Tim Anderson stole third and scored the winning run on a throwing error, all on a failed pickoff try in the 10th, and Seattle’s eight-game win streak ended.
■ Brewers 8, Twins 7: At Milwaukee, Willy Adames hit a two-run homer in the sixth and a tying RBI single in the 10th and scored the winning run on Brice Turang’s infield single in the 10th.
■ Royals 4, Athletics 0: At Oakland, Calif., Dairon Blanco and Bobby Witt Jr. homered to back Cole Ragans (5-4), who allowed two hits while striking out 11 in six shutout innings.
■ Orioles 7, Blue Jays 0: At Baltimore,
Anthony Santander hit two solo homers to back UNLV product Dean Kremer (12-5), who pitched six shutout innings.
■ Giants 8, Phillies 6: At Philadelphia, Paul Dejong hit a two-run homer in the fourth and a two-run single in the 10th on his first day with
San Francisco.
■ Cubs 6, Tigers 4: At Detroit, Yan Gomes hit a go-ahead RBI single in the Chicago eighth after Kerry Carpenter hit a tying grand slam in the Detroit sixth.
■ Padres 4, Marlins 0: At San Diego, Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer to back Seth
Lugo (5-6), who allowed three hits in six shutout innings.
■ Rays 6, Rockies 5: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Brandon Lowe hit a walk-off RBI single leading off the Tampa Bay 10th.
■ Red Sox 7, Astros 5: At Houston, Adam Duvall went 2-for-4 with go-ahead three-run homer in the Boston 10th.
■ Cardinals 6, Pirates 4: At Pittsburgh, Richie Palacios hit a two-run double and two singles for St. Louis.
■ Dodgers 3, Guardians 1, susp., rain: At Cleveland, the game is to resume Thursday in the third inning. PCL
■ Aviators 5, Rainiers 3: At Tacoma, Wash., Joey Estes (2-0) held Tacoma (64-58, 27-20 second half) to one run in 5⅔ innings. Cody Thomas hit a solo homer and an RBI single for the Aviators (63-58, 29-18).