Spring training roundup: Aaron Judge's 2 homers lead Yankees past Tigers 20-3

Aaron Judge homered twice, drove in four runs and scored two Saturday afternoon to power the host New York Yankees to a 20-3 rout of the Detroit Tigers in a spring training game in Tampa, Fla.

Judge, who won the American League MVP Award last season after getting 53 homers and 114 RBIs -- hit a two-run homer in the third inning and a two-run shot in the fourth Saturday for the Yankees, who banged out 18 hits and scored three runs in the fourth and nine in the eighth.

Roderick Arias hit a grand slam for the Yankees in the eighth and went 2-for-3, while Paul Goldschmidt finished with two hits and two RBIs and Jackson Castillo added a three-run homer in the eighth.

Corey Julks hit a solo home run for Detroit in the third inning.

Blue Jays 3, Phillies 0

Daulton Varsho went 2-for-2, including a solo homer, to lead defending AL champion Toronto past visiting Philadelphia in Dunedin, Fla.

Sean Keys hit a two-run homer for the Blue Jays, who finished with nine hits.

Justin Crawford went 2-for-3 for the Phillies.

Pirates 8, Orioles 2

Ryan O'Hearn's three-run homer highlighted a six-run fifth inning that carried visiting Pittsburgh to the easy victory over Baltimore in Sarasota, Fla.

Endy Rodriguez also homered for the Pirates, a two-run shot in the fifth.

For Baltimore, which gave up only five hits but committed two errors, Blaze Alexander and Leody Taveras each went 1-for-2 with a run scored.

Red Sox 7, Twins 2

Mikey Romero had two hits and two RBIs to pace Boston to the win over host Minnesota in Fort Myers, Fla.

Andruw Monasterio hit a solo home run for the Red Sox, and Allan Castro contributed two RBIs.

The Twins, who committed four errors, were led by Royce Lewis' two hits and two RBIs, including a solo homer.

Braves 5, Rays 1

Ben Gamel homered, doubled, walked, scored twice and drove in three runs as Atlanta beat host Tampa Bay in Port Charlotte, Fla.

The Braves scored all of their runs in the first three innings, highlighted by a three-run third.

For the Rays, who outhit Atlanta 9-7, Logan Davidson had a solo home run.

Marlins 2, Mets 1

Jakob Marsee scored twice to lead visiting Miami past New York in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Each team had only two hits. Marsee scored the winning run in the sixth inning, on a sacrifice fly by Christopher Morel.

The Mets' only hits were singles by Kevin Villavicencio and Austin Barnes.

Nationals (ss) 2, Astros 1

Jorgelys Mota's solo homer in the sixth inning lifted a Washington split squad over visiting Houston in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Nationals starting pitcher Jake Eder gave up one run and two hits in two innings, and seven relievers shut out the Astros the rest of the way.

Nick Allen knocked in Houston's only run, on a single in the second inning.

Nationals (ss) 6, Cardinals 2

Maxwell Romero Jr.'s three-run homer led a four-run fifth inning that carried Washington's split squad past host St. Louis in Jupiter, Fla.

Trey Lipscomb had two hits and an RBI for the Nationals, who went 4-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

For the Cardinals, Nathan Church hit a solo home run.

--Field Level Media