Yankees Sweep Orioles 12-1 on Judge's 14th Homer

In a busy Monday slate of Major League Baseball games, the New York Yankees crushed the Baltimore Orioles 12-1 to complete a four-game sweep, powered by Aaron Judge's major league-leading 14th home run and four RBIs. Elsewhere, the New York Mets rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies in Denver, where the start was moved up three hours to dodge potential wet weather.

Judge opened the scoring in the first inning against Shane Baz with a two-run homer to right-center, his sixth first-inning shot this season and 91st of his career. He added a two-run single in a six-run eighth off Lou Trivino. Cody Bellinger contributed three RBIs, including a two-run triple. The Yankees, with the American League's best record at 24-11, outscored Baltimore 39-10 in the series and sit 13 games over .500, their largest margin this year.

The Mets, mired in a 17-loss stretch over their previous 20 games, improved to 3-1 on a nine-game road trip. Carson Benge led off the sixth with New York's first hit, a homer off Tomoyuki Sugano, who had retired the first 15 batters on 48 pitches. Francisco Alvarez and Luis Torrens followed with consecutive doubles for a 2-0 lead. After Sugano walked Juan...