NEW YORK — Aaron Judge hit a pair of opposite-field home runs and threw out a runner from center field, leading the New York Yankees over Cleveland 4-1 Friday night in the first trip to the Bronx by the renamed Guardians.

Reliever Michael King helped keep New York ahead by striking out eight in three innings, fanning his last seven batters.

Judge put the Yankees ahead in the third inning against Eli Morgan (1-1) when he followed a two-out walk to DJ LeMahieu with drive into the right-field seats, over the new video board that replaced a hand-operated scoreboard. Judge added a solo shot into the short porch in the fifth off Tanner Tully, a 27-year-old left-hander who made his major league debut.

Judge entered with just one home run this season after cutting off talks on Opening Day for a long-term contract. It was the 17th career two-homer game for Judge, who can become a free agent after the World Series.

New York led 3-1 when Andrés Giménez reached on a slow bouncer starting the fifth. He tried for third on Steven Kwan’s single to center but hesitated after rounding second. Judge threw a 90.6 mph strike to third baseman Josh Donaldson, who applied the tag.

Jameson Taillon (1-1) allowed one run and seven hits in five innings, giving up Franmil Reyes’ home run in the fourth.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

GIANTS 7, NATIONALS 1: Austin Slater smacked a three-run homer as part of a seven-run second inning against struggling Washington starter Patrick Corbin, and San Francisco won at Washington.

Slater, hitting .105 going into the game, lined Corbin’s 2-1 sinker to right center with one out to make it 4-0.

CARDINALS 4, REDS 2: Paul Goldschmidt helped slow down rookie fireballer Hunter Greene, Steven Matz pitched one-run ball over five innings and visiting St. Louis stretched Cincinnati’s losing streak to 10 games.

Greene delivered 39 fastballs at least 100 mph in his previous start, the most in a game since pitch tracking began in 2008, but the 22-year-old topped out at 97.2 mph Friday.

Goldschmidt and the Cardinals took advantage. The veteran slugger had three hits and two RBI. Both runs were charged to Greene (1-2), who walked four and gave up three runs over 3 1/3 innings.

BRAVES 3, MARLINS 0: Kyle Wright had a career-high 11 strikeouts in six dominant innings, Matt Olson doubled in two runs and Atlanta won at home.

Wright (2-0) allowed four hits with one walk. The right-hander has a 1.06 ERA after three starts. He set a career high in strikeouts for the second straight start.

PHILLIES 4, BREWERS 2: Alec Bohm hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the eighth inning, Bryce Harper got two key hits and Philadelphia stopped visiting Milwaukee’s four-game winning streak.

Jean Segura, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto also had two hits apiece for Philadelphia, which won for just the third time in 10 games.

NOTES

WHITE SOX: Chicago shortstop Tim Anderson was suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball for giving fans the middle finger during a game Wednesday in Cleveland.

Anderson is appealing the ban and remained in the lineup Friday night at Minnesota.

GIANTS: San Francisco placed right-hander Anthony DeSclafani on the 10-day injured list because of right ankle inflammation.

In addition, outfielder Steven Duggar was placed on the 60-day injured list because of a moderate left oblique strain.

DeSclafani (0-1, 6.08 ERA) allowed five runs and nine hits over five innings in a loss to the New York Mets on Thursday. Kapler said the plan is for DeSclafani to have an MRI on Monday.

Duggar left the game against the Mets on Thursday in the second inning. He’s hitting .194 with four stolen bases in 12 games.

The Giants called up right-handed pitcher Jakob Junis and outfielder Luis Gonzalez from Triple-A Sacramento. Junis, 29, was 0-1 with an 8.74 ERA in three starts. Gonzalez, 26, was hitting .283 with three homers and seven RBI in 11 games.

HALL OF FAME: Baseball’s Hall of Fame is restructuring its veterans committees for the third time in 12 years.

The Hall said Friday it is revamping the panels into the Contemporary Baseball Era from 1980 on and Classic Baseball Era for before 1980. The Contemporary Baseball Era will hold a separate ballot for players and another for managers, executives and umpires.

Each ballot will include eight candidates to be considered by 16 voters, down from 10 candidates previously. A vote of at least 75% remains necessary for election.

Starting next January, the player ballot will include candidates who have been retired for 16 seasons — one year after exhausting eligibility for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot.

Each committee will meet every three years, starting with Contemporary Baseball/Players this December, Contemporary Baseball/Managers-Umpires-Executives in December 2023 and Classic Baseball in December 2024.

MARLINS: Infielder Joey Wendle is guaranteed $4,625,000 under a one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration, a deal that could be worth up to $11.55 million for two seasons.

Wendle gets a $4.55 million salary this year under the contract agreed to late Thursday, and the deal include a $6.3 million mutual option for 2023 with a $75,000 buyout payable if the team declines the option.

The option price can escalate by $700,000 based on plate appearances this season: $100,000 for 250 and each additional 50 through 550.

DODGERS: Los Angeles setup man Blake Treinen was placed on the 10-day injured list because of right shoulder discomfort, more than a week after his last appearance.

The move was retroactive to Tuesday, meaning he’ll be eligible to return on April 29. Manager Dave Roberts said earlier this week that Treinen’s arm was “barking” following the last time he pitched on April 14 against Cincinnati.

CUBS: Outfielder Clint Frazier was placed on the 10-day injured list because of appendicitis.

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