KANSAS CITY, Missouri – Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 25th home run with a 436-foot two-run drive into the fountain behind the center field seats, and the New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals 10-1 on Tuesday night for his 11th win in 14 games.
Giancarlo Stanton followed Judge with a 446-foot shot to center reliever Nick Anderson for his 16th home run of the season, and Austin Wells hit a three-run home run off starter Brady Singer.
Back in the lineup after his first game this season, Judge hit his 21st home run in his last 41 games and also homered in New York’s first run. Judge has increased his average to .309 and is hitting .419 with 44 RBIs in his last 35 games after batting .197 through May 2.
AL-best New York (48-21) improved to 39-4 when Judge and Stanton hit homers in the same game, including the playoffs, and to 16-1 against the AL Central this season. The Yankees are a season-best 27 games above .500.
Aaron Boone had his 557th victory, passing Billy Martin for seventh place among Yankees managers.
Marcus Stroman (6-2) allowed four hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings, improving his record to 4-0 in his last six starts. Ron Marinaccio struck out Drew Waters, trapping the bases loaded in the sixth.
Juan Soto played right field for the Yankees and went 0-for-2 with two walks before putting New York ahead 10-0 in the seventh. After missing the weekend series against the Los Angeles Dodgers because of left forearm inflammation, Soto was the designated hitter on Monday and went 1 for 3 with a walk.
Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo returned after consecutive days off and went 0-for-4. He went 1-for-33 in June, dropping his average to .221
Anthony Volpe led off with his seventh triple of the season, Soto walked and Judge followed with an RBI single. Alex Verdugo’s groundout advanced the runners and Soto slid home on Stanton’s grounder to third baseman Maikel Garcia, slamming his left hand into the base before Salvador Perez’s tag.
Singer (4-3) gave up seven runs – six earned – and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. Kansas City has lost 10 of 15 after an eight-game winning streak.
Freddy Fermin struck out Marinaccio in the eighth. First baseman/outfielder Nick Pratto made his professional pitching debut with a ninth hit for Kansas City in his first big league appearance this season.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Royals: Kansas City had no update on OF Hunter Renfroe, who fractured his left big toe in the series opener. Renfroe was placed on the 10-day IL and INF Adam Frazier on the bereavement list. The Royals recalled Pratto and OF Drew Waters from Triple-A Omaha.
Yankees: OF Jasson Domínguez (Tommy John surgery) went 1-for-5 with an RBI single for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and is batting .440 with two home runs and three RBIs in six games with the RailRiders.
NEXT
RHP Cody Poteet (2-0, 1.72 ERA) starts Wednesday for the Yankees.
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