Aaron Judge’s 15th homer this season lifts Yanks past Mariners

Aaron Judge led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking home run as the New York Yankees rallied to defeat the host Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Wednesday afternoon.Paul Goldschmidt also homered for New York, which took two of three games in the series between division leaders. Yankees leadoff hitter Trent Grisham was robbed of a homer by Seattle center fielder Julio Rodriguez with a leaping catch at the wall in the first inning.Judge went deep off Mariners reliever Carlos Vargas (1-3), lining a 444-foot shot to left-center field. It was the MLB-leading 15th homer of the season for Judge, who also tops the majors in batting average (.412) and RBIs (41).Yankees reliever Ian Hamilton (1-0) got the victory and Luke Weaver struck out the side in the ninth to earn his fourth save of the season.The Mariners took a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Leody Taveras reached first on a throwing error by second baseman DJ LeMahieu and Leo Rivas grounded a one-out single to right. Both runners advanced as Miles Mastrobuoni hit a soft grounder back to the mound. After a walk to Jorge Polanco, Rodriguez lined a two-run double down the right field line.The Yankees cut their deficit in half in the sixth inning as, with two outs, Anthony Volpe and Jasson Dominguez hit back-to-back doubles to right.New York tied it in the seventh as pinch hitter Goldschmidt led off the inning with a liner down the left field line on reliever Gabe Speier’s first pitch.

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