Aug 28, 2023 By Associated Press 3 min read

Aaron Judge ended an 0-for-17 slide with his 249th home run, Luis Severino pitched shutout ball for the second straight start following an alarming skid and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Monday night in a series opener.

Judge walked in the fifth and scored on Gleyber Torres’ double, then combined with Torres for back-to-back homers in the seventh off Beau Brieske.

Judge’s 29th homer of the season came in his 806th career game, and he could become the fastest to 250 homers. Ryan Howard reached 250 in his 855th game in 2010, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Before Howard, the fastest had been Ralph Kiner in 871 games.

Orioles 9, White Sox 0: Grayson Rodriguez allowed one hit over six innings, and the AL-best Baltimore Orioles clinched their second consecutive winning season with a victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

Anthony Santander hit his 25th homer for Baltimore (82-49), which has won eight of its last 10 and increased its AL East lead over idle Tampa Bay to 2 1/2 games. The Orioles went 83-79 last year, their first winning season since 2016.

The White Sox (52-80) have lost 11 of 16 and were shut out for the 10th time this season.

Phillies 6, Angels 4: Trea Turner homered twice, Bryce Harper hit a two-run shot and the streaking Philadelphia Phillies beat Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels.

Turner hit a tying solo homer in the second and the go-ahead shot in the fifth that made it 5-3 and sent the NL wild-card leaders to their fourth straight win.

After four months of fits and starts from the Phillies’ high-priced sluggers, the bats went wild in August. Harper lined his sixth homer in the last 11 games into the right-field seats. Philadelphia has a majors-best 52 longballs this month.

Harper was intentionally walked with two outs and nobody on in the seventh with the Angels trailing 5-4. Ohtani drew an intentional walk with two runners on in the fourth and the Angels ahead 3-1.

Ohtani ripped a single up the middle in the first inning and went 1-for-4 with a strikeout. Harper went 1-for-3 in the anticipated matchup between two former MVPs.

Turner, though, stole the show. He made a run-saving play at shortstop in the first and has a hit in 17 straight home games. Turner is hitting over. 300 in August while establishing himself – finally – as the kind of player worthy of his $300 million contract.

Ohtani was cheered during introductions by most of the 38,142 fans at Citizens Bank Park. He had one more fan at first base – Harper, who was effusive in his praise for Los Angeles’ two-way star.