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NEW YORK (AP) – Aaron Judge broke a sixth-inning tie in the second game with his eighth home run this season, and the New York Yankees swept a doubleheader from the Toronto Blue Jays 11-2 and 5-1 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Playing one day after his 33rd birthday, Judge drove a first-pitch cutter from Chris Bassitt (2-2) to the opposite field and into the right-field stands for a 2-1 lead. Judge was 3 for 8 in the doubleheader. He leads the major leagues with a .406 batting average and is second with 27 RBIs.<\/p>\n

Trent Grisham led off the first with his seventh home run. Bassitt had not allowed a homer in 28 2\/3 innings this year coming in.<\/p>\n

J.C. Escarra hit his first big league homer in the eighth off Chad Green. Escarra singled home a run against Brendon Little in the three-run sixth following Jasson Dom\u00ednguez’s RBI double that chased Bassitt.<\/p>\n

Anthony Santander homered in the third, the only hit Clarke Schmidt allowed over five innings in his third outing since recovering from right rotator cuff tendinitis.<\/p>\n

Tim Hill (3-0) pitched a one-hit sixth. Luke Weaver, making his first appearance since taking over from a struggling Devin Williams as the Yankees closer, got three straight outs to finish a three-hitter.<\/p>\n

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New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge walks to the dugout during the fourth inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Pamela Smith)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Grisham hit his sixth career leadoff home run and second this year. The Yankees have a big league-high five leadoff homers. Paul Goldschmidt, Ben Rice and Austin Wells have one each.<\/p>\n

Judge ended a nine-game homerless streak.<\/p>\n

Since starting the 2024 season hitting .178 with four homers and nine RBIs through April 26, Judge is batting .363 with 62 homers and 158 RBIs in 159 games.<\/p>\n

Blue Jays: RHP Bowden Francis (2-3, 5.38 ERA) starts a homestand opener Tuesday night against Boston and LHP Garrett Crochet (2-2, 1.95).<\/p>\n

Yankees: RHP Will Warren (1-0, 4.79 ERA) starts Monday night’s series opener at Baltimore and RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (2-1, 3.54).<\/p>\n

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New York Yankees’ Trent Grisham scores after hitting a home run during the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Pamela Smith)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New York Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt pitches during the second inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Pamela Smith)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New York Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt pitches during the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday, April 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Pamela Smith)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Chris Bassitt pitches during the second inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Pamela Smith)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New York Yankees outfielder Jasson Dom\u00ednguez chews gum during the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Pamela Smith)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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