Yankees flex enough power to hold off Blue Jays

Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo hit two-run homers, Giancarlo Stanton rapped a solo homer and the New York Yankees chased Kevin Gausman early and hung on for a 9-8 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.Judge and Stanton homered in New York’s three-run first inning off Gausman (0-1) as the Yankees won for the seventh time in nine games to start the season. Judge hit an 0-2 splitter to left field for a 2-0 lead and Stanton lifted a first-pitch fastball that just cleared the right field seats and was upheld after a brief crew chief review.Including the playoffs, it was the 36th time, Judge and Stanton homered in the same game. The Yankees are 32-4 in those games.Rizzo homered off the right field foul pole in the fifth off Mitch White to push New York’s lead to 8-2 as the Yankees bounced back from a 3-0 loss in their home opener on Friday.Judge and Stanton reached base a combined seven times. Judge also singled and walked twice while Stanton had three hits, giving him 500 as a Yankee.Gleyber Torres added a sacrifice fly while Juan Soto reached four times and hit a pair of RBI singles. His walk to set up Judge’s second homer of the season.New York’s Clarke Schmidt allowed two runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked three. Luke Weaver (3-0) followed Schmidt and allowed three runs in two innings but was awarded the win by the official scorer.

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