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05/24 15:22 CDT Aaron Judge stops 11-game homerless drought, 2-run walk-off
homer in 9th lifts Yankees over Rays 2-0
Aaron Judge stops 11-game homerless drought, 2-run walk-off homer in 9th lifts
Yankees over Rays 2-0
By LARRY FLEISHER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Aaron Judge ended a career-worst 11-game streak with no RBIs
by hitting a game-ending, two-run homer off Kevin Kelly in the ninth inning
that lifted the New York Yankees over the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0 Sunday for their
first win in five games this year against their AL East rival.
After New York's Ryan Weathers and Tampa Bay's Drew Rasmussen each pitched
seven shutout innings, Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger made a key defensive
play with two outs in the eighth. With Oliver Dunn at second and Junior
Caminero at first, Ryan Vilade singled to left and Bellinger threw out Caminero
at third as Ryan McMahon applied the tag before Dunn crossed the plate.
Kelly (3-2) walked Trent Grisham, starting the ninth and Judge hit a
first-pitch sinker on the inside corner to the opposite field. The ball landed
in the second row of the right-center field seats for his 17th homer, his first
since May 10.
Judge, who entered in a 1-for-24 slide, hit his fourth walk-off homer, his
first since 2022, ending the Yankees' fastest game of the season after 2 hours,
12 minutes. It was his eighth walk-off hit.
Judge's drive would have been a home run in just three major league ballparks:
Citizens Bank Park and Great American Ball Park are the others.
New York ended a three-game losing streak with its fifth win in 15 games and
stopped a five-game winning streak by Tampa Bay, which lost for just the fourth
time in 17 games. The Rays' AL East lead was cut to 4 1/2 games over the
Yankees.
Tim Hill (1-2) struck out Richie Palacios to strand two runners in the ninth.
Up Next Rays: LHP Shane McClanahan (5-2, 2.82 ERA) opens a three-game series Monday at Baltimore. Yankees: RHP Will Warren (6-1, 3.61) opens a three-game series Monday at Kansas City, which starts RHP Michael Wacha (4-2, 2.70). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Up Next Rays: LHP Shane McClanahan (5-2, 2.82 ERA) opens a three-game series Monday at Baltimore. Yankees: RHP Will Warren (6-1, 3.61) opens a three-game series Monday at Kansas City, which starts RHP Michael Wacha (4-2, 2.70). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
