New York’s Aaron Judge, right, celebrates his home run with Luis Severino in the seventh inning against the Detroit Tigers on Monday in Detroit. Paul Sancya/Associated Press
DETROIT — 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.
Severino (4-8) allowed five hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts and no walks, following 6 2/3 scoreless innings of one-hit ball against Washington. He has lowered his season ERA from 7.98 to 6.64 in his last two outings after allowing 21 earned runs over 13 1/3 innings over a four-start span.
ORIOLES 9, WHITE SOX 0: Grayson Rodriguez allowed one hit over six innings, and AL-best Baltimore clinched its second consecutive winning season by beating visiting Chicago.
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 have lost 11 of 16 and were shut out for the 10th time this season. Baltimore’s shutout was its ninth.
TWINS 10, GUARDIANS 6: Royce Lewis hit his second grand slam in as many games, giving Minnesota a second-inning jolt on its way to a win at home.
The win stretched the Twins’ AL Central lead over the Cleveland Guardians to a season-high seven games.
INTERLEAGUE
PHILLIES 6, ANGELS 4: Trea Turner homered twice, Bryce Harper hit a two-run shot and streaking Philadelphia beat Shohei Ohtani and visiting Los Angeles.
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.
BLUE JAYS 6, NATIONALS 3: Danny Jansen homered and scored three runs, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in a pair and Toronto beat visiting Washington.
Jansen hit his career-best 16th home run, a solo shot in the third inning, as Toronto began a stretch of 12 games against teams at or near the bottom of the standings. The Blue Jays visit Colorado and Oakland next, then host Kansas City.
RANGERS 4, METS 3: Nathaniel Lowe hit a two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning and visiting Texas rallied past New York for just its second victory in 11 games.
Adolis García began the comeback from a 3-0 deficit by lacing a run-scoring double in the seventh for his 95th RBI — second-most in the American League. Robbie Grossman’s groundout in the eighth scored Corey Seager, who had three hits.
PIRATES 5, ROYALS 0: Johan Oviedo pitched a two-hitter for his first complete game in 53 major league starts, Ke’Bryan Hayes had four hits and Zack Greinke lost his ninth consecutive decision in Pittsburgh’s win over host Kansas City.
Oviedo (8-13) struck out five and walked two in throwing a career-high 112 pitches. It was just the 28th complete game in the major leagues this season and the first complete game in 150 professional starts for the 26-year-old right-hander dating to 2016.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BREWERS 6, CUBS 2: Christian Yelich and Mark Canha homered during a four-run first inning, and Milwaukee won at Chicago for its ninth consecutive victory.
PADRES 4, CARDINALS 1: Blake Snell struck out nine in seven shutout innings and Garrett Cooper had three hits and three RBI as San Diego won at St. Louis.
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