BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Aaron Judge hit his 49th home run, Giancarlo Stanton ripped a three-run shot and the New York Yankees got a dominant pitching performance from Carlos Rodón in a 6-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

New York closed within two games of first place in the AL East behind Toronto, which lost to Kansas City. Both the Yankees and Blue Jays have seven games left, and Toronto holds the tiebreaker.

Stanton put New York up 3-0 in the first inning with his 450th career homer, and Judge went deep leading off the third. Both drives came off Tomoyuki Sugano (10-9), who threw 87 pitches over three stressful innings before being lifted.

The Yankees’ offense struck immediately. After two quick outs, Aaron Judge singled to right field and Cody Bellinger followed with a line-drive single to right, setting the stage for Stanton. The designated hitter launched a 1-0 pitch from Sugano deep into the right-field stands for a three-run homer, his 21st of the season.

Judge extended the lead in the third inning, leading off the frame by crushing a solo home run to left field, marking his 49th of the year and chasing Sugano from the game.

New York added single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to pad their lead. In the fifth, a walk to Bellinger, a stolen base, and an RBI single from Jazz Chisholm Jr. that deflected off shortstop Gunnar Henderson made it 5-0. An inning later, Anthony Volpe singled and later scored on an RBI single from Trent Grisham.

The Orioles, held to just four hits, were stifled by Yankees starter Carlos Rodón. The left-hander delivered seven strong innings, allowing one run on four hits while striking out eight and walking one to earn his 17th win. Baltimore’s lone run came in the seventh inning when Tyler O’Neill walked, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored on a double by Coby Mayo.

The Yankees’ bullpen was perfect in relief. Luke Weaver struck out two in a scoreless eighth inning and David Bednar pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to seal the win.

For Baltimore, reliever Jose Espada provided a bright spot, tossing three scoreless innings and allowing just one hit while striking out four.

The announced attendance was 37,675, and the game took 2 hours, 35 minutes to complete.

With the win, the Yankees improved to 87-68, while the Orioles fell to 73-82. The two teams conclude their three-game series on Sunday.