AARON Judge hit his 61st home run of the season to tie the American League record and the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Wednesday night (Thursday in Manila).
Judge’s blast to left came on a full count against Tim Mayza (8-1) with no outs in the seventh inning and Aaron Hicks at first after a single.
Judge, whose homer snapped a 3-3 tie, matched the AL mark set by Roger Maris as a Yankee in 1961. He finished the night 1-for-4 with a walk, ending a seven-game stretch in which, he went homerless after hitting No. 60.
Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole (13-7) allowed three runs on three hits in 6 1/3 innings. Danny Jansen hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays.
In other games, it was the Brewers 5, Cardinals 1; Guardians 2, Rays 1;
Mariners 3, Rangers 1; Giants 6, Rockies 3; Angels 4, Athletics 1; Dodgers 1, Padres 0 (10 innings); Twins 8, White Sox 4; Pirates 4, Reds 3 (10 innings); Tigers 2, Royals 1; Mets 5, Marlins 4 (10 innings); Red Sox 3, Orioles 1; Nationals 3, Braves 2 (10 innings); Cubs 4, Phillies 2; and Diamondbacks 5, Astros 2 (10 innings).
Brewers 5, Cardinals 1
Brandon Woodruff tossed six scoreless innings and Devin Williams worked out of two late-inning jams as Milwaukee moved within a half-game of the final National League wild-card spot with a win over visiting St. Louis.
Milwaukee closed within a half-game of Philadelphia for the third wild card. Philadelphia holds the head-to-head tiebreaker against the Brewers. Woodruff (13-4) scattered five hits while striking out 10 and walking one. It was his fourth consecutive start with at least 10 strikeouts.
After the Cardinals scored a run and put runners on second and third with one out in the seventh, Williams entered, intentionally walked Lars Nootbaar then got Juan Yepez on an inning-ending, double-play bouncer to short. In the eighth, the Cardinals got runners on first and third with one out, but Williams struck out Knizner and Ben DeLuzio. Brad Boxberger finished with a perfect ninth. — Field Level Media
