Aaron Judge, outfielder for the New York Yankees, showed why he is called “The Judge”, by ruling against the Kansas City Royals in the last episode of Thursday’s match. In addition, bats like those of the Venezuelan Jesús Aguilar, Matt Chapman, Kyle Schwarber or Alex Bregman took center stage in the success.
Judge passed sentence and with a home run in the ninth inning he gave victory to the Yankees, who left the Royals on the field (1-0).
For El Juez, who produced the only run in the game, it was his home run 39 of the season, absolute leader of the Major Leagues.
The Royals’ MJ Meléndez had two hits to be the only player with more than one hit in the game.
Blue Jays 5-3 Tigres
Third baseman Matt Chapman hit two homers and drove in three runs to be the key piece for the Toronto Blue Jays to beat the Detroit Tigers.
Cuban Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scored twice. Mexican Laejandro Kirk drove in a run to contribute to the victory of the Blue Jays.
For his part, Jonathan Schoop from Curaçao and Willi Castro from Puerto Rico hit a homer each for the Tigers.
Reds 6-7 Marlins
Venezuelan first baseman Jesús Aguilar homered and drove in four runs that put the Miami Marlins on track for victory in their visit to the Cincinnati Reds.
The Dominican Jesús Sánchez took the ball out of the park for the Marlins, finishing with a run scored and an RBI . Colombian Donovan Solano drove in a run for the Reds.
Astros 4-2 Mariners
Alex Bregman homered, scored two runs and drove in three runs to charge with the offense of the Houston Astros in their victory over the Seattle Mariners.
Cubans Yordan Álvarez and Yuli Gurriel scored one run each for the Astros. Mexican José Urquidy started the match for the Houston team, who came out without a decision, allowing two runs in 6.2 innings with three strikeouts.
The victory was credited to Dominican Rafael Montero (4-1 ) with 1.1 episodes without annotations. Carlos Santana drove in a score for the Mariners.
The Mexican Andrés Muñoz (1-4) was defeated by the Mariners, after allowing two runs in an inning of work.
Pirates 7-8 Phillies
Kyle Schwarber extended his lead in home runs in the National League by hitting his home run number 16 of the season, a three-run producer to lead the Philadelphia Phillies in their win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Zack Wheeler (9-5) showed his status as the Phillies’ ace and this Thursday he went through seven two-run innings and recorded eight strikeouts to win the victory. Cal Mitchell, with a home run, two runs scored and two produced, was the most outstanding player of the Pirates in the match.
Red Sox 4-2 Guardians
Xander Bogaerts from Aruba hit up a three-run producer for the Boston Red Sox to beat the Cleveland Guardians.
Mexican Alex Verdugo and Dominican Franchy Cordero added a touchdown to the Red Sox’ cause. The Dominican José Ramírez sent the ball to the stands for the Guardians.