Judge and Stanton Power Yanks over O's

 YANKEES 7 - ORIOLES 0 

After struggling for three days against the Toronto Blue Jays, the heart of the Yankees order was alive and well against the Baltimore Orioles, as both Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton broke out of their early season malaise to power the Bronx Bombers to a 7-0 victory over the previously undefeated Orioles. 

 

It all started in the bottom of the fourth when Judge took a 2-0 fastball from Jorge Lopez and deposited it over the right field wall to hand the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  Judge who was hitting .214 coming into the game, had two hits Monday night to push his average back to .294. 

As for Stanton, the Designated Hitter who hadn't gotten one hit in two games against Toronto, saved his best for fifth inning, Monday, when he crushed the second pitch he saw to straight away center field at 471 feet for a grand slam homer to blow the game wide open at 6-0. 

On the mound, Jordan Montgomery was excellent for the Bombers. He tossed six shutout innings for New York, allowing only four hits, while striking out seven. The combination of Luis Cesa and Aroldis Chapman combined to blank the O's in the later innings. 

The win puts the Yanks back at 2-2 on the young season.