Aaron Judge hits his 31st home run and the Yankees defeat the Blue Jays

TORONTO — Aaron Judge hit a league-high 31st home run, Gerrit Cole pitched five innings for his first win of the season and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 on Sunday to split the four-game series.

Juan Soto joined New York’s lineup at the last minute after missing Saturday’s loss with a right hand injury. The three-time All-Star and 2020 NL batting champion went 1-for-3 with an RBI and two walks.

DJ LeMahieu and Trent Grisham each had two hits and two RBIs for the Yankees. Ben Rice scored two points and scored a point.

RANGERS 11, ORIOLES 2: Texas rookie Wyatt Langford became the first major leaguer to hit a hit this season, and the Rangers routed the Orioles 11-2 in Baltimore to drop a six-game skid.

Derek Hill hit two home runs and Andrew Heaney (3-9) had 10 strikeouts in seven innings for the Rangers, who have lost the first three games of the Series and are nine games under .500. The defending World Series champions stayed on course Sunday, scoring runs in the second, fourth, fifth and eighth innings.

Langford tripled in the fourth, doubled in the fifth and singled in the sixth. The 22-year-old outfielder then hit a three-run homer to left field in the eighth minute to make it 11-2.

GIANTS 10, DODGERS 4: Matt Chapman hit a home run and had three RBIs, and San Francisco posted a season-high 10 doubles to rout Los Angeles before a sold-out crowd of 40,428 at Oracle Park in San Francisco.

Every starter had a hit for the Giants, and San Francisco finished the season with 11 extra-base hits, giving the team its first home series win over the rival Dodgers since June 2022.

Los Angeles starter James Paxton (7-2) scored a career-high nine runs and 12 hits in four innings, losing to the Giants for the first time in four career starts.

PIRATES 4, BRAVE 2: Oneil Cruz and Rowdy Tellez each hit two-run homers in the fifth inning, and Pittsburgh won in Atlanta to avoid a three-game series.

Bryan Reynolds’ 25-game hitting streak ended with two strikeouts and two groundouts in four starts, the longest in the league this season and the longest by the Pirates since Kenny Lofton’s 26-game streak in 2003.

PIWARY 7, CUBS 1: Brice Turang hit his fifth grand slam for Milwaukee in the last eight games in a seven-run fourth inning that lifted the Brewers to a home victory.

Freddy Peralta (6-4) and Jakob Junis had one hit each to help the Central Division-leading Brewers win their ninth straight home series. Milwaukee has not lost a series at American Family Field since the New York Yankees swept two of three games from April 26-28.

RAYS 5, CITIZENS 0: Taj Bradley tied his personal best with 11 strikeouts, Isaac Paredes hit a home run, and Tampa Bay defeated Washington in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Bradley (3-4) allowed three hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings for his fifth straight start. The right-hander has allowed four runs in 29 innings over the span.

PHILLIES 7, MARLINS 6: Alec Bohm scored, Trea Turner scored a two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Philadelphia won at home.

Nick Castellanos doubled, had two singles and drove in a triple for the Phillies, who improved their MLB-best record to 55-29. Philadelphia played its third straight game without injured All-Star Bryce Harper.

ASTROS 10, METS 5: Houston surpassed .500 for the first time this season when it beat the Mets in New York for its ninth win in 10 games, with Jake Meyers hitting the tie-breaking single in a five-run 11th inning.

KINGS 6, GUARDIANS 2: Seth Lugo had 10 strikeouts in six shutout innings for his 11th MLB victory, and Salvador Perez hit a two-run home run to help Kansas City beat visiting Cleveland.

Bobby Witt Jr. had a triple among his three hits for the Royals, who took three of four from the AL Central leaders. Vinnie Pasquantino also had three hits and an RBI.

TIGERS 7, ANGELS 6: Justyn-Henry Malloy scored in the fourth inning, Carson Kelly added a three-run homer, and Detroit snapped a four-game losing streak with a win in Anaheim, Calif.

TWINS 5, MARINERS 3: Trevor Larnach scored the winning run with two runs in the eighth inning in overtime, extending Minnesota’s home run to 19 and giving the Twins a victory in Seattle.

Minnesota set a franchise record for consecutive games with a home run, but it took until the late innings. Larnach sent an 0-1 pitch off reliever Ryne Stanek (5-2) to right center field for his eighth home run.

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