Aaron Judge celebrated his return to the Sacramento area by hitting two home runs Saturday for the New York Yankees in a loss to the Athletics, extending his major league lead to 14.

Judge is playing in the Sacramento area for the first time since college in New York’s first visit to the A’s temporary home near California’s capital.

Judge was born in Sacramento and grew up not far away in Linden and had many friends and family in the crowd of 12,113 at the minor league park that is hosting the A’s.

After going 1 for 4 with a walk and two near homers in the series opener, Judge granted A’s owner John Fisher his wish on Saturday.

He led off the 4th inning with a homer off JP Sears and then connected again to lead off the sixth against Justin Sterner to the delight of the Yankees fans in attendance, many of whom chanted “MVP! MVP!”

The second homer gave Judge 14 on the season and pushed his average above the .400 mark as he is off to a sizzling start to the season. Judge’s 41 career multi-homer games are fourth most in Yankees history.

Red Sox place backup 1B Gonzalez on IL

The Boston Red Sox put first baseman Romy Gonzalez on the 10-day injured list with a left-quad contusion, retroactive to May 8. In a corresponding move, the Red Sox recalled 2B Nick Sogard from Triple-A Worcester with a plan to have him split time with Abraham Toro.

Gonzalez was hitting .308 in 17 games after replacing Triston Casas, who is out for the year with a ruptured tendon in his left knee.

He has an OPS of .785.

Sogard was in the starting lineup against Kansas City left-hander Cole Ragansafter hitting .188 in 28 games with Worcester. His OPS is .562.

He hit .273 in 31 games with Boston in 2024.

Reds place Fraley on IL with sore calf

The Cincinnati Reds placed outfielder Jake Fraley on the 10-day injured list with left calf tenderness.

The move, which is retroactive to Wednesday, comes after he tried to return Friday night in the opener of a series against the Houston Astros but was scratched about an hour before the game.

Fraley is hitting .205 with three homers and nine RBIs in 28 games this season.

Utility player Connor Joe took his place on the roster a day after being traded from the San Diego Padres for minor league reliever Andrew Moore.

White Sox call up Elko from Triple-A

The Chicago White Sox selected the contract of infielder Tim Elko from Triple-A Charlotte and placed him in the lineup at first base for his major league debut against the Miami Marlins.

The 26-year-old Elko hit .348 with 10 homers and 23 RBIs in 31 games with Charlotte. Elko was selected by Chicago in the 10th round of the 2022 amateur draft after he helped lead Ole Miss to the NCAA title.

In a corresponding move, the White Sox designated infielder Nick Maton for assignment.

Chicago also claimed right-handed pitcher Yoendrys Gómez off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers and released outfielder Greg Jones.