New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays

Judge's tiebreaking homer in 2nd game leads Yankees to doubleheader sweep of Blue Jays

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 RBI.

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.

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 Domínguez's RBI double that chased Bassitt.

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.

Tim Hill (3-0) pitched a one-hit sixth. Luke Weaver, making his first appearance since Devin Williams as the Yankees closer, got three straight outs to finish a three-hitter.

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.

Key moment Judge ended a nine-game homerless streak.

Key stat Since starting the 2024 season hitting .178 with four homers and nine RBI through April 26, Judge is batting .363 with 62 homers and 158 RBI in 159 games.

Up next 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).

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).

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