


Yankees: Aaron Judge became the fastest player to hit 350 home runs, reaching the mark with a two-run drive for the Yankees in the ninth inning off the Cubs’ Brad Keller on Saturday. Judge hit his 35th home run of the season, a two-run drive that pulled the Yankees to 5-2. Playing in his 1,088th game, Judge bettered Mark McGwire’s 1,280.
Reds: Reds right fielder Jake Fraley was activated from the 10-day injured list on Saturday. He had injured his right shoulder while trying to make a diving catch June 23 against the Yankees. An MRI revealed a partially torn labrum that will eventually require surgery.
Red Sox: Red Sox right-hander Hunter Dobbins said on Saturday he knew his season was probably over when he felt a familiar feeling in his knee. He was right. Dobbins was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, his second ACL tear in his right knee. “Yeah. I’ve torn my ACL in this knee before and it was the same feeling,” he said, standing in the middle of the Red Sox’s clubhouse with a red sleeve on his right leg. “Kind of some denial went into it, tried to go through that warm-up pitch, felt the same sensation again so, at that point, I knew what it was.” Dobbins tore the same ACL playing high school football. Covering first base in the second inning of the Red Sox’s 5-4 walk-off win over the Rays on Friday night, the 25-year-old Dobbins stepped awkwardly and limped after recording an out by making a catch on a throw from first baseman Abraham Toro. Dobbins took one warm-up toss before manager Alex Cora stopped him from attempting any more. “Tough,” Cora said before the Red Sox faced the Rays. “He put himself on the map, right, did a good job for us. When it happened, I thought something minor. Talking to him, he felt it right away. He’s been through that before.” Dobbins said he found out about the Red Sox’s dramatic win while being examined. “I was actually in the MRI machine and they were giving me score updates in between each one,” he said. “Right after the last one they said, ‘I think you’d like to hear this, you just won by a walk-off.’ That was pretty cool to hear the guys picked me up.”
Blue Jays: Max Scherzer, for one night at least, offered a throwback performance. He stifled Athletics hitters for five innings on Friday night before finally running into some trouble in the sixth, but even then he limited the damage before exiting in a 7-6 Blue Jays victory. Scherzer (1-0) finished with eight strikeouts while allowing five hits. “He was dominating areas up and down and out,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “He is who he is for a reason.” Scherzer claimed his first victory since July 25 last year when he pitched for the Rangers and the Rangers defeated the White Sox 2-1. Injuries didn’t help. The three-time Cy Young Award winner opened last season on the injured list after undergoing back surgery. Then shortly after recording that victory against the White Sox, he spent more than a month on the IL because of shoulder fatigue.