Struggling RHP Masahiro Tanaka pushed back 1 day by Yankees

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge hit a home run Sunday at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles that traveled 496 feet, the longest distance a home run has traveled since ESPN began tracking home runs in 2009.

Gary Sanchez of the New York Yankees celebrates with Aaron Judge, who is leading the league in batting average, home runs and RBI. "I wasn't sure what was going to happen, but he got a pitch and he crushed it". He has lost five straight starts during the worst stretch of his career, charged with 27 runs in 22 2/3 innings including 11 home runs.

The lefty gave up two runs in seven innings as the Yankees beat the Orioles 8-2 in front of a sellout crowd.

Montgomery (4-4) set a career high with eight strikeouts.

5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. "Our people determined that he's not ready to come back yet", manager Joe Girardi said. He retired 17 of his final 18 hitters, helped by Trey Mancini's fifth-inning lineout to drawn-in shortstop Didi Gregorius, pinning a runner at third. Mark Trumbo strikes out swinging. "He had a real nice breaking ball going". Judge does have the hardest hit home run of 2017, 121.1 miles per hour, which he did just last night against Baltimore's Chris Tillman. His four hits tied his career high. Simple math says the Yankees scored thirty more runs than Baltimore in just three games. "He's been huge for us". 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. "I know the three days up here, the last four actually, have been frustrating, but let's get the hell out of NY, let's go to Chicago and redeem ourselves and just flip the script".

"The learning curve from last September to now is so impressive, especially his ability to lay off pitches he hacked away at past year".

In the fourth, Gausman walked his sixth batter, and allowed a two-run single by Castro.

Steven Souza Jr., Mallex Smith, Logan Morrison, Tim Beckham and Corey Dickerson all homered for the Rays, who have hit four or more homers in a game six times this season.

The pitcher came over from Japan and signed a $155 million, seven-year contract with the Yankees in January 2014.

Judge's big day was only part of a huge series for the Yankees at the plate. Yankees RHP Ben Heller was called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

NOTES: Baltimore 3B Manny Machado missed his fourth consecutive game with a sore left wrist. He injured his left hand and wrist when he was spiked by Pittsburgh star Andrew McCutchen on a double steal Wednesday.

"Just a lot of issues with location and stuff", Orioles manager Buck Showalter told MLB.com.

Micahel Pineda has been strong with a 3.39 ERA and 1.13 WHIP so far this year. Castillo has been on the 10-day DL since May 31 with a testicular injury.

In other news, injured closer Aroldis Chapman is scheduled to throw a simulated game Saturday morning at the team's complex in Tampa, Florida.

The late-game theater overshadowed to a degree what, looking long-term, might have been the best part of the night for the Yankees.

The next time the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox meet, summer will be winding down and football season will nearly be here.

The New York Yankees are in first place in the American League East, so when they take the field Monday against the Los Angeles Angels, the baffling case of Masahiro Tanaka won't demand headlines in the New York tabloids.