NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Ryan McMahon hit early home runs off Yomoyuki Sugano, and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-1 on Saturday to maintain at least a share of the AL East lead heading into the regular season’s final day.
New York (93-68) has won seven straight and 10 of 11, and is assured of at least a wild card. The Yankees began the day tied with Toronto, which hosted Tampa Bay later Saturday.
Cam Schlittler (4-3) struck out a career-high nine in seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball. The 24-year-old rookie right-hander had a 2.96 ERA in 14 starts.
by a 96.8 mph pitch from Grant Wolfram in the fifth. The Yankees said X-rays were negative and he will have a CT scan.
Judge put the Yankees ahead with his big league , his 53rd long ball this year. Judge hit the Yankees’ 49th first-inning homer, two more than the previous mark set by Atlanta in 2023.
Stanton and McMahon went deep in the second for a 3-0 lead. Stanton has 453 career homers, moving past Carl Yastrzemski for sole possession of 40th place.
Judge and Stanton have homered in the same game 59 times, with the Yankees winning 52.
A 35-year-old right-hander signed to a , Sugano (10-10) had a 4.64 ERA in 30 starts. He allowed 33 homers, behind only Jake Irvin and Zack Littell, who entered Saturday with 36 each.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected for the seventh time this season, most among big league managers, and the 46th time in his managing career. He was tossed for arguing called strikes to Judge.
Key moment
Judge’s homer was his 51st in 119 games against the Orioles.
Key stat
New York improved to 26-25 against the AL East.
Up next
Yankees RHP Luis Gil (4-1, 3.29 ERA) and Orioles RHP Kyle Bradish (1-1, 2.25 ERA) start Sunday’s regular-season finale.
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