Aaron Judge’s ninth-inning homer lifts Yankees past Rays 2‑0
NEW YORK (Interstat) — Aaron Judge crushed a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees a 2-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium II. Judge finished 2-for-4 with his 17th homer of the season, scoring Max Schuemann on the decisive blast.
The game featured a dominant pitchers’ duel. Yankees starter Ryan Weathers tossed seven shutout innings, allowing four hits and striking out four. Rays starter Drew Rasmussen matched him with seven scoreless frames, giving up five hits with six strikeouts. Both teams collected seven hits.
Tim Hill earned the win by pitching a scoreless eighth, improving to 1-2. Kevin Kelly took the loss for Tampa Bay after allowing two runs in the ninth, falling to 3-2. Fernando Cruz also worked a scoreless inning for New York.
The Yankees improved to 31-22, while the Rays dropped to 34-16. Attendance was 41,396. The game lasted 2 hours, 12 minutes.