Judge (2 HRs) rises on historic list as Yanks topple Jays

TORONTO — The Yankees crunched quite a lot of numbers forward of their first assembly this season with the Blue Jays, deciding that an opener would supply their greatest probability of neutralizing Toronto’s potent lineup. The plan labored completely.

Judge hit a first-inning homer off Alek Manoah, then took Jay Jackson deep within the eighth — a 462-foot blast to heart discipline that instantly adopted the ejection of Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone, who argued balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Clint Vondrak.

Only Babe Ruth (68), Mickey Mantle (46), Lou Gehrig (43) and Joe DiMaggio (35) have extra multihomer video games in a Yankees uniform than Judge.

New York flipped the script on what seemed to be a pitching mismatch, thumping Manoah for 5 runs off six hits and 7 walks over four-plus innings whereas Cordero and Brito cruised.

While Manoah served up first-inning blasts to Judge and Calhoun, Cordero retired all six batters he confronted. Brito took over for the third inning and pitched 5 scoreless innings earlier than Toronto lastly broke by means of for 4 runs (two earned) within the eighth. Brito confronted the minimal till Kevin Kiermaier doubled with two outs within the sixth.

Kyle Higashioka contributed an RBI single and Judge labored a bases-loaded stroll within the fourth off Manoah. Fresh off being named the American League Player of the Week, Anthony Rizzo added a run-scoring double off reliever Tim Mayza within the sixth.