Judge HR rallies Yankees to another win over Orioles 8-6

BALTIMORE (AP) — Down by a run and held scoreless since the first inning, the New York Yankees appeared to be in trouble with three outs to go against the Baltimore Orioles.

Manager Aaron Boone didn't see it that way.

“Absolutely not," Boone said after the Yankees rallied to an 8-6 victory Thursday night. “Guys can hurt you up and down the lineup, obviously. That was the case tonight."

Aaron Judge hit a three-run homer in the ninth after New York blew an early five-run lead, giving the Yankees a sweep of this impromptu two-game series.

Luke Voit hit his first career grand slam for the Yankees, who stretched their winning streak against Baltimore to 18 games and notched their 17th consecutive victory at Camden Yards. New York has swept six straight series from the Orioles dating to early last year.

Judge's second homer in two games — a no-doubt shot to left off Cole Sulser (0-1) — came after Pedro Severino put Baltimore in front with a two-run drive in the eighth against Jonathan Loaisiga (1-0).

Sulser earned his first big league save in Boston over the weekend, but was ineffective against New York.

“I’m going to give a lot of guys opportunities just because we don’t have a lot of experience down there," said manager Brandon Hyde, who's still looking for an effective closer.

Zack Britton worked the ninth for his second save, securing a 4-1 start for the Yankees before their home opener against Boston on Friday night.

“I feel like our guys have a great frame of mind going forward," Boone said.

After Voit connected in a five-run first inning against John Means, Hanser Alberto hit a two-run drive in the bottom half off J.A. Happ. Rio Ruiz homered for the third time in five games with a man on in the second to cut the deficit to 5-4.

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