Aaron Judge hit his 53rd homer and drove in three runs as the New York Yankees rolled to a 6-1 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles and maintained at least a share of first place in the AL East on Saturday.
The Yankees (93-68) tied a season high with their seventh straight win and will end the day at least tied with the Toronto Blue Jays, who started their home game against the Tampa Bay Rays after New York. The Blue Jays were in the second inning when the Yankees finished the quick game.
Judge hit his ninth homer in 16 games when he went deep three batters into the game against Baltimore starter Tomoyuki Sugano (10-10).
After Judge's latest homer, Giancarlo Stanton and Ryan McMahon added solo shots in the second. Including the postseason, it was the 59th time Judge and Stanton h