Cortes, Judge star in NY blackout over Baltimore

BALTIMORE — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 37th home run, fellow All-Star Néstor Cortés pitched six solid innings and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-0 on Sunday.

José Treviño, another Yankees All-Star, produced the first four-hit game of his career. New York, with the best record in the majors, won two of three meetings and has now won 22 of its 32 complete series this year.

Judge has seven home runs in his last nine games and leads the majors with 81 RBIs.

Cortes (8-3) allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked none as he dropped his ERA to 2.48 from 2.63. The 27-year-old left-hander began his major league career with the Orioles in 2018.

Clarke Schmidt pitched three innings and earned his first career save.

The Yankees lead the majors with 166 homers, the most they have hit in the first 96 games of a season in franchise history.

For the Yankees, the Venezuelans Gleyber Torres 4-2, Marwin Gonzalez 1-0.

For the Orioles, the Mexican Ramón Urías 4-1. The Venezuelan Robinson Chirinos 4-0. Dominican Jorge Mateo 4-1.

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