Aaron Judge walk-off homer ends Yankees' 11-game RBI drought

Aaron Judge ended a career-worst 11 game streak without an RBI by hitting a game ending two run homer in the ninth inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday at Yankee Stadium. It was the Yankees’ first victory in five meetings this season against their American League East rival.

Judge’s blast came off Rays reliever Kevin Kelly after Trent Grisham led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk. Judge drove a first pitch sinker to the opposite field, landing the ball in the second row of the right center field seats for his 17th home run of the season and his first since May 10. It was Judge’s fourth career walk off home run and his eighth walk off hit overall, ending the fastest game of the season for New York at two hours and 12 minutes.

The game had been a pitchers’ duel through seven innings. Yankees starter Ryan Weathers and Tampa Bay starter Drew Rasmussen each pitched seven scoreless innings. Weathers, who allowed just two walks after the third inning, stranded runners in scoring position in the second and third, including a critical inning ending double play in the third. Rasmussen matched him with seven shutout frames for the second...