Aaron Judge ties MLB home run lead in Yankees' win against Padres

The New York Yankees notched their 20th win of the season with a 12-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, highlighted by Aaron Judge's 12th home run of the season.

Judge, 32, is tied for the major league lead in home runs with Cal Raleigh (Seattle) and Kyle Schwarber (Philadelphia).

After a 2-2 tie through the first six innings, the Yankees unleashed their offensive power in the seventh, scoring ten runs.

Catcher Austin Wells had his best offensive performance of the season, driving in five runs, including a grand slam.

In another game, Puerto Rico's Jorge Lopez (5-0) earned his fifth win of the season in the Washington Nationals' 10-9 victory against the Cleveland Guardians.

Lopez, 32, entered in relief, pitching 1.2 innings during which he allowed three hits and one run.

Lopez's five wins tie his second-best major league career total since 2015, surpassed only by his 2023 season, in which he finished with six wins and two losses.

In the second game of the doubleheader, the Guardians won 9-1, highlighted by three RBIs and a home run from Dominican Carlos Santana.

Santana, 39, now has 328 home runs and 1,095 RBIs in his career, which dates back to 2010.

The Miami Marlins stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 5-4 victory, capped off by a walk-off single in the ninth inning from Dominican Jesús Sánchez.

Venezuelan Jesús Tinoco (2-0) came on in relief and earned his second win of the season.

For the Dodgers, Japan's Shohei Ohtani hit a home run in the top of the sixth inning—his 10th of the season and second in as many nights at loanDepot Park (Miami).

An unearned run by Dominican Marcell Ozuna in the tenth inning secured a 2-1 victory for the Atlanta Braves over the Cincinnati Reds.

Cuban Raisel Iglesias (2-2) entered to preserve the tie in the ninth inning and earned his second win of the season.

In the day's final game, the Seattle Mariners scored three runs in the ninth inning to secure a 5-3 victory over the Athletics.

Julio Rodríguez, from Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic, gave the visitors an early lead with a first-inning hit, his fourth home run of the season.

With Mexican Andrés Muñoz unavailable to close the game, the task fell to Dominican Carlos Vargas, who secured the first save of his career.