Yankees push win streak to 9 straight behind Judge's 2 HRs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Aaron Judge homered twice to run his long-ball streak to three straight games, added the tying RBI in the seventh inning and helped the New York Yankees rally past the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Sunday for their ninth straight win. Judge has hit five home runs in his last five games and eight this season. His checked-swing groundout, which traveled about 30 feet, tied the game in the seventh after the Yankees had loaded the bases against Dylan Coleman (0-1) with nobody out. Josh Donaldson followed it with a go-ahead grounder that gave New York the lead for good. Clarke Schmidt (2-2) pitched a scoreless inning in relief of Yankees starter Luis Severino. Aroldis Chapman left the tying run on base in the ninth inning to earn his sixth save on the year and 20th in a row. The Yankees, riding the longest winning streak in the majors, improved to 16-6. It’s only the fourth time since 1959 that the 27-time World Series champions have won at least 16 of their first 22 games. Michael Taylor homered for Kansas City, which has lost eight of its last 10. ANGELS 6, WHITE SOX 5 CHICAGO (AP) – Mike Trout homered, doubled and scored three runs, Michael Lorenzen pitched into the ninth inning and Los Angeles held off Chicago for its seventh win in eight games. Shohei Ohtani had an RBI as the Angels’ designated hitter. The two-way AL MVP went 0 for 3 and exited in the ninth inning because of tightness in his right groin. Manager Joe Maddon said Ohtani might have tweaked his groin running to first in the seventh inning on a grounder. The Japanese-born star said he expects to play Monday. Trout walked in three other plate appearances. Andrew Velazquez and Jo Adell each doubled in a run and Anthony Rendon had an RBI as the Angels took a 6-0 lead. Lorenzen (3-1) allowed three runs and nine hits, while walking two and striking two in 8 1/3 innings. Ryan Tepera, the Angels’ third pitcher of the ninth, got the final out for his first save. Dallas Keuchel (1-3) labored through five innings, giving up four runs on six hits and five walks. The 2015 AL Cy Young winner’s ERA is 8.40. METS 10, PHILLIES 6 NEW YORK (AP) – Dominic Smith went 4 for 4 with three RBIs to back an inconsistent Max Scherzer, and New York won its seventh straight series to begin the season by beating Philadelphia. Jeff McNeil also had four of New York’s 15 hits, and Starling Marte drove in three runs. The Mets took two of three in a weekend set. New York (16-7) had never won more than five straight series to start a season before this year. Scherzer (4-0) struck out his first five batters for the first time in his career. He struck out nine and walked one in six innings. He gave up four runs and five hits. Mets nemesis Kyle Schwarber hit two home runs and Bryce Harper added a solo shot for the Phillies. Johan Camargo added a two-run homer off Yoan López with two outs in the ninth. Zach Eflin (1-2) took the loss. MARINERS 7, MARLINS 3 MIAMI (AP) – Logan Gilbert kept up his run of impressive starts, Julio Rodríguez hit his first major league homer and the Seattle ended Miami’s seven-game winning streak. J.P. Crawford also homered, while Jesse Winker had three hits and two RBIs for the Mariners, who snapped a four-game skid. Making his first start against an NL club, Gilbert (4-0) held the Marlins hitless until Jon Berti’s two-out single in the fifth. The 24-year-old righty was lifted after allowing Brian Anderson’s solo homer with two outs in the sixth. Gilbert allowed three hits, walked four and struck out five. He exited with a 0.64 ERA through five starts.