Aaron Judge became the first player this season to reach 40 homers and then capped an eight-run eighth inning with a grand slam for No. 41 as the New York Yankees rallied for an 11-5 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Friday night.
Judge reached 40 by hitting a 449-foot, two-run shot to left field in the third. The slugger then slammed his fourth career grand slam when he hit a first-pitch changeup to the short porch in right field.
Edwin Diaz picked up his 23rd save of the year, striking out all three batters he faced. He threw 10 pitches -- all of them for strikes. Luke Voit, Ha-Seong Kim, Eric Hosmer, Manny Machado and Jorge Alfaro homered as Ryan gave up all 10 Padres runs in 4 2/3 innings in the worst start of his career. St. Louis improved to 3-3 on its eight-game road trip behind Mikolas , who bounced back from his worst start of the season. He allowed two runs on six hits, walked one and struck out four.
Kwan, who has had at least one hit in every game since the All-Star break, had an infield single in the first inning. But it was Kwan's second and third singles, which came in the fifth and seventh innings, that were more consequential. Verlander took sole possession of the major league lead in wins by shackling the Mariners, who have dropped five consecutive games to Houston since the All-Star break. The right-hander tossed 7 2/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits and one walk with five strikeouts.
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