Judge hits 2 more homers as Yankees beat Orioles

It would be in the top 15 of all time for players under 26, behind only Hall of Famers (Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Frank Thomas, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Chuck Klein and Rogers Hornsby) and great hitters who could land there someday (Todd Helton, Lance Berkman and Bryce Harper).

Aaron Judge hit the longest homer in the major leagues this season with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning and homered again in the seventh as the New York Yankees rolled to a 14-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. Yankees manager Joe Girardi was concerned enough to push Tanaka back a day in the rotation to give him an extra day of rest. "It really is [remarkable]".

They came into Sunday's game tied with Tampa Bay for the Major League Baseball lead in home runs with 98.

The 28-year-old right-hander went 39-16 over his first three seasons with the Yankees, including 14-4 with a 3.07 ERA last year.

Giants 13, Twins 8: Buster Posey had three hits and four RBIs, Hunter Pence added three doubles and scored three times, and San Francisco broke out of its offensive slump to avoid a three-game sweep.

"I screwed up the game for Tanaka", Judge said. "I air mail a throw to the backstop and allow (Espinosa) to get to second base".

"I know how I feel. I was just trying to come up the next inning and help out the team somehow".

Manager Mike Scioscia could have instructed Norris to walk Judge intentionally, setting up the possibility of a double play with Matt Holliday the next batter.

"I thought they might pitch around him because he's been swinging the bat so well", Girardi said, likely echoing many Angels fans' thoughts. "To get out of here even instead of being down 3-1, it's a big swing day for us".

Jesus Sucre had three hits and two RBIs, helping the Rays record a season-high in runs.

It wasn't just the offense that dominated for New York Saturday as Luis Severino (5-2) gave the Bombers seven strong innings, only allowing two hits and a single run while lowering his earned run average to 2.75. Yankees pitchers have held opponents hitless in their past 42 at-bats with RISP, the best string for any team since Tampa Bay (0 for 42) in 2010. He now has six home runs and 11 RBI against the Orioles on the year and is slugging over.900 against them. Dellin Betances would be asked to get a four-out save and get a four-out save he did.

Subbing for injured center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, Hicks opened the sixth with a go-ahead homer into The Judge's Chambers section at the back of the lower level of right-field seats, where fans dressed in black robes rejoiced.

That came in the eighth inning and, as we noted in the recaps this morning, broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Yankees the ballgame. This, despite the propensity of pitchers, to develop career-threatening injuries before the ink is dry on the contracts they sign. Last year, Sanchez tied a record by hitting 20 homers in his first 51 Major League Baseball games. "We've got a good lineup".

Masahiro Tanaka appeared to be in good shape to snap his five-start losing streak, but Chase Headley's 11th error of the season - one more than he had in all of 2016 - led to a pair of unearned runs that tied the game at 3-3. Gausman's awful 2017 season may be due to the development of his slider, a pitch he has never thrown before in his career. If all went well, Showalter said, Castillo would be activated from the DL before Saturday night's game at Yankee Stadium. A two-seam fastball is a pitch that Tillman's rarely used throughout his career, but this season, Tillman has installed the two-seamer in his arsenal which has resulted in nearly no success.

"I want to wait and see if he's sore from today".