NEW YORK—Gerrit Cole cruised for most of the night, Harrison Bader and Anthony Rizzo homered and the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 4–1 on Tuesday in their AL Division Series opener. Not even another Josh Donaldson base-running blunder could slow the Yankees, who have won six straight postseason games against Cleveland dating to…

TORONTO—The New York Yankees clinched top spot in the American League East with a 5–2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday but Aaron Judge’s pursuit of Roger Maris’s home run record remained stalled on 60. Judge, who had four walks, scored twice in the win but for the seventh consecutive game the Yankees…

TORONTO—The New York Yankees clinched top spot in the American League East with a 5–2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday but Aaron Judge’s pursuit of Roger Maris’s home run record remained stalled on 60. Judge, who had four walks, scored twice in the win but for the seventh consecutive game the Yankees…

Carlos Correa hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning as the visiting Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees 4–3 on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep. Former Yankee Gary Sanchez produced an RBI double and Nick Gordon hit a run-scoring single as Minnesota won in New York for the first time since…

ANAHEIM—Shohei Ohtani became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs and record 10 pitching wins in the same season as the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 3–-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Aug. 31. Ohtani’s three-run shot to center off a 97.9 mph fastball by Gerrit Cole…

Aaron Judge hit his 51st home run of the season to extend his major league lead and help the New York Yankees to a 7–4 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night, August 30, in Anaheim, Calif. Judge was 3–for–5 overall with three RBIs and two runs scored. Andrew Benintendi and Anthony Rizzo…

NEW YORK—Baseball’s elite are getting involved with one of Europe’s most celebrated soccer clubs. The New York Yankees are becoming a minority investor in Italian champion AC Milan, the second soccer team the baseball power will partially own after MLS’s New York City. A Los Angeles-based fund that includes LeBron James also is becoming a…

ANAHEIM—Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run of the season but Shohei Ohtani also went deep during their MVP showdown, and the Los Angeles Angels held off the slumping New York Yankees 4–3 on Monday night. The top two candidates for AL MVP both delivered before a sellout crowd that included plenty of Yankees fans….

OAKLAND, Calif.—From the very first pitch, it was pretty painful to watch the major league debut of New York Yankees reliever Greg Weissert. Painful for Oakland hitters, too. He plunked a batter with his first offering. Then he balked. Then he nailed a guy with his second pitch, prompting the A’s hitter to slam down…

NEW YORK—Aaron Judge hit a 453-foot drive halfway up the bleachers for his 48th home run and added an RBI single during a seventh-inning rally, boosting the New York Yankees past the Mets 4–2 Tuesday night for a two-game sweep in a Subway Series both teams hope was a World Series prelude. In a game…