No, odd as it sounded, this time they were for New York Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge, whose two-run homer in the eighth inning sent the Angels to a 5-3 loss in front of 36,245 and added another line to his already remarkable resume to start the season.
His home runs include a 495-foot blast into the left-field seats in Yankee Stadium Sunday, the longest home run of 2017, and a 121.1 miles per hour shot off Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman, the hardest hit ball since 2015, the first year of the Statcast era.
BRAVES 3, METS 2: Dansby Swanson turned a normal grounder up the middle into a hustle double, then dashed home on a single by pinch-hitter Rio Ruiz in the ninth inning to carry Atlanta at home. A sixth-inning homer went 495 feet (per MLB Statcast).
The 2017 Baltimore Orioles now sit in fourth place in the AL East division, one game above.500 and a whopping 6.5 games back of the first-place New York Yankees. Mantle also had two homers in his 4-for-4 game. It begins a four-game series starting Monday against the, who sit in the bottom of the AL Central. They did so by mounting a stunning response against two Houston pitchers immediately after the Astros took a 6-4 lead with a two-out rally a half-inning earlier.
RANGERS 5, NATIONALS 2: Andrew Cashner quieted the National League's top-hitting lineup, Jonathan Lucroy and Rougned Odor homered, and Texas won at Washington.
Masahiro Tanaka gives the Yankees 6.2 strong innings, allowing three runs (one earned) and striking out eight. He batted.500 (12-for-24) with three homers and six RBIs in six games, the last five which were victories.
Mets 2, Braves 1: Seth Lugo returned from an elbow injury to pitch seven crisp innings in his season debut, leading NY to the road win.
SAN FRANCISCO - Brian Dozier and Kennys Vargas hit home runs, leading Jose Berrios and Minnesota over San Francisco.
The Yankees started reliever Chad Green on Sunday, and he lasted only two innings, though it made little difference in a 14-3 rout of the Orioles. The Rockies saw their seven-game winning streak - their longest since 2013 - snapped. A series that also has some intrigue in the Major League Baseball betting world. Jordan Lyles (0-2) gave up both homers after Rockies starter Antonio Senzatela fell short of becoming the first nine-game victor in the National League. Then he threw a cutter that Judge drove halfway up the seats in right-center, bringing down much of a house that sounded full of Yankees fans.
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Giving a concession to the Israelis is not something for the USA secretary of State to do", said Shaath, speaking by telephone. So Mideast followers were surprised and confused when Tillerson said Tuesday the Palestinians had changed the policy.
Ray (7-3) gave up three hits in what started as a pitchers' duel with former Diamondback Chase Anderson (5-2).
Rays 5, Athletics 4: Mallex Smith had three hits and used his speed to set up the go-ahead run, helping Tampa Bay take three of four from Oakland.
The only good news for the Orioles about their 14-3 loss to the New York Yankees is that they won't have to face the Yankees - or see rookie slugger Aaron Judge - again until the first week in September.
Tanaka was sidelined for nearly 2 1/2 months during the 2014 season because of a partially torn elbow ligament, but he rehabbed the injury rather than have Tommy John surgery. Chris Tillman makes his seventh start since returning from shoulder bursitis and the Orioles are hoping it can resemble some variation of his season debut. Cameron Maybin greeted Tyler Clippard with a game-tying, RBI double but Clippard struck out Kyle Calhoun to end the inning.
Nova (6-4) allowed one hit, struck out four and walked none.
Young capped Los Angeles' six-run fifth inning with a tiebreaking three-run shot off Michael Feliz (2-1).
Ichiro Suzuki led off the eighth with a homer for Miami. Instead, the inning was extended, and Danny Espinosa's two-out, RBI single knocked Tanaka out of the game.
Castro homered leading off the second.
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