NEW YORK — Aaron Judge connected off Max Scherzer for his major league-leading 47th home run, Andrew Benintendi drove in two runs and the New York Yankees withstood a botched popup by rookie Oswaldo Cabrera to beat the Mets 4-2 Monday night for their first Subway Series win this season.

The Yankees, in a historic skid with 14 losses in 18 games coming into this matchup in the Bronx, built a 3-0 lead on DJ LeMahieu’s first-inning sacrifice fly, Judge’s home run off Scherzer (9-3) in the second and doubles by Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Benintendi in the fifth.

With this just a two-game set, the Yankees ensured they would end a streak of six straight series losses, their worst since 1995. They also posted back-to-back wins for the first time since July 29-30.

Domingo Germán (2-2) was cruising with a three-hitter when Pete Alonso hit a popup that Cabrera and right fielder Marwin Gonzalez settled under just 221 feet from the plate.

Cabrera, making his first big league start at second after appearances at shortstop, third base and right, allowed the ball to pop out of his glove for an error as Gonzalez’s leather hit his mitt, a play reminiscent of Luis Castillo’s ninth-inning drop that turned the first Subway Series game at new Yankee Stadium in 2009.

Daniel Vogelbach, with 6-inch streaks of eye black across his face, followed two pitches later by driving a curveball into the Yankees bullpen in right-center for a two-run homer that made it 3-2.

Benintendi restored a two-run lead in the bottom half with an RBI single after Kiner-Falefa reached on an infield single and took second when shortstop Francisco Lindor made a barehand pickup of a bouncer and rushed a sidearm throw wide of first for an error.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RAYS 2, ANGELS 1: Randy Arozarena hit a tiebreaking home run in the fifth inning, and Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Jeffrey Springs pitched effectively into the sixth inning for the Rays, who have won eight of 10 and moved a half-game ahead of Toronto and Seattle in the AL wild-card race.

Arozarena hit his 17th homer of the season, and fifth in 12 games, off Tucker Davidson (2-4) after Mike Trout had tied the game in the fifth with an RBI single.

ROYALS 6, WHITE SOX 4: Drew Waters drew a bases-loaded walk to break an eighth-inning tie in his major league debut, boosting Kansas City to a win over visiting Chicago in a game rescheduled because of the lockout in April.

Joe Kelly (1-3), the seventh of eight White Sox pitchers, hit a pair of batters to start the inning. Ryan O’Hearn singled, and Waters drew a five-pitch walk with one out to break a 4-all tie.

The White Sox rallied from a four-run deficit after their starter, Michael Kopech, exited the game having faced just four hitters.

Kopech hit a batter, allowed an RBI single to Salvador Perez, and walked the bases full before leaving with left knee soreness.

Elvis Andrus drove in three runs in his third game with the White Sox. Chicago signed the veteran shortstop on Friday after the Oakland Athletics designated him for assignment.

Jose Abreu had three hits and two walks for the White Sox, who have dropped four of five since winning five straight.

RANGERS 2, TWINS 1: Adolis García homered and Corey Seager singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as Texas won in Minneapolis.

Twins star outfielder Byron Buxton exited in the seventh with right hip tightness. A team spokesman said he’s considered day-to-day.

Texas took three of four in the weekend wraparound series and is 5-3 since replacing Chris Woodward with interim manager Tony Beasley last week.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CARDINALS 1, CUBS 0: Albert Pujols hit career homer No. 693, Jordan Montgomery pitched a one-hitter and St. Louis won in Chicago  for its season-high eighth straight victory.

Pujols led off the seventh with a drive to left-center for his seventh homer in his last 10 games and No. 14 overall in his final big league season. There was a noticeable round of cheers from the Wrigley Field crowd of 29,719 as the three-time NL MVP rounded the bases on his second hit of the night.

Drew Smyly became the 449th pitcher to surrender a homer to the 42-year-old Pujols, who matched Barry Bonds for the major league record. It was Pujols’ 940th multihit game, snapping a tie with Paul Waner for 10th on the career list.

PHILLIES 4, REDS 1: Noah Syndergaard pitched seven strong innings to stay unbeaten with Philadelphia, Nick Castellanos and Bryson Stott homered and the Phillies won at home.

Alec Bohm added three hits, a day hitting a pair of three-run homers, as Philadelphia moved ahead of idle San Diego for second place in the NL wild-card race. The Phillies rebounded from a disappointing four-game weekend home series against the NL East-leading Mets in which they dropped three of four.

Austin Romine homered for the Reds.

Syndergaard (8-8) allowed one run on three hits with one strikeout and two walks. The 29-year-old right-hander is 3-0 with a 3.60 ERA in four starts with Philadelphia since being acquired from the Los Angeles Angels early this month at the trade deadline.

BRAVES 2, PIRATES 1: Jake Odorizzi struck out seven and Michael Harris II hit a two-run homer, helping Atlanta gain in the NL East with a win in Pittsburgh.

Odorizzi (5-5) allowed one run on four hits in six innings, retiring 14 of the final 15 batters he faced. The right-hander had not made it past the fifth inning in his previous three outings, allowing five runs on eight hits to the New York Mets in a loss his last time out on Aug. 17.

Harris hit the 13th homer of his rookie season into the leftfield bleachers off a curveball from Roansy Contreras (3-4).

The Braves have won 12 of 14 to pull within three games of the Mets, who lost 4-2 to the Yankees.

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