Juan Soto hit three home runs in a game for the first time in his career, Nestor Cortes spun seven shutout innings and the New York Yankees bounced back from an embarrassing loss to beat the Chicago White Sox 4-1 on Tuesday.
A night after the White Sox beat the Yankees 12-2, Soto’s two-run shot in the third gave New York the lead. He followed with solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings to extend the lead to 4-0.
Soto had 22 multi-homer games in his career entering Tuesday but had never before gone deep three times in a game. He finished 3 for 4 with a walk.
Cortes had one of the best outings of his season, allowing just three hits in seven shutout innings with nine strikeouts and no walks. The left-hander is 2-1 in his last three starts after going 0-4 over his previous six outings.
Aaron Judge reached base four times but did not leave the yard as his career home run total stayed at 299.
The Yankees (71-50) pulled into the AL East lead with the win after the Baltimore Orioles (70-50) lost to the Washington Nationals.
Luis Robert Jr. provided Chicago’s only run with an RBI single in the eighth.
Ohtani hits NL-leading 37th HR in win over Brewers
Shohei Ohtani extended his National League home run lead with his 37th blast of the season, and the Los Angeles Dodgers won a matchup of division leaders, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2.
Ohtani’s solo shot with two outs in the third inning expanded his lead for the NL home run crown over the Atlanta Braves’ Marcell Ozuna (35).
Gavin Lux and Andy Pages each hit two-run homers, and Will Smith added a solo shot as the Dodgers tied the Cleveland Guardians for the best record in baseball at 71-49.
Los Angeles rookie Gavin Stone got his 10th win of the season, allowing three hits and one run over five innings. Landon Knack pitched the final four innings for the Dodgers and was credited with a save.
The Brewers dropped their third straight game but still lead the NL Central by 7 ½ games over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Down 2-0, Milwaukee’s William Contreras went deep off Stone in the third inning to cut the Dodgers’ lead in half, but Los Angeles responded with a five-run fourth to blow the game open.
Skubal first to 14 wins as Tigers roll
Tarik Skubal became the first pitcher in the majors to 14 wins this season, Kerry Carpenter hit two of his team’s five home runs and the Detroit Tigers routed the Seattle Mariners 15-1.
Skubal allowed a run and three hits in six innings with nine strikeouts as he added to his breakout season and built on his case for the AL Cy Young.
The left-hander’s ERA dropped to 2.53 and separated himself from four other pitchers who have 13 wins. The Kansas City Royals’ Seth Lugo is among MLB’s 13-game winners but allowed eight runs and took a loss Tuesday.
Carpenter had the fourth multi-homer game of his career after taking George Kirby deep in back-to-back innings.
Gio Urshela, Javier Baez and Jake Rogers also went deep for Detroit. Rogers hit a grand slam in the fourth inning and had a career-high seven RBIs.
The Mariners’ loss ended their four-game winning streak and dropped them to two games back of an AL wild card spot.