Drew Rasmussen goes 6 scoreless and Rays finish 1st 3-game sweep of Yankees since 2021 with 5-4 win

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Drew Rasmussen allowed one hit in six scoreless innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays completed their first three-game sweep of the Yankees since 2021, holding on to beat New York 5-4 on Sunday.

Returning after missing time for the birth of his daughter, Rasmussen (1-0) struck out seven without a walk. The Rays moved above .500 for the first time this season at 8-7 and extended the Yankees' losing streak to five games.

Aaron Judge hit his fourth homer of the season, a 415-foot, two-run shot with no outs in the ninth against Mason Englert that got New York within one. Englert retired the next two batters, then allowed a double to Amed Rosario. After an intentional walk to Austin Wells, Englert retired Ryan McMahon on a grounder for his first save as the Yankees fell to 0-6 in one-run games this season.

New York's Cam Schlittler (2-1) allowed three runs on a career-high-tying seven hits over five innings. Schlittler walked his first batter in four starts this season when Yandy Díaz got a free pass in the third.

Tampa Bay's Chandler Simpson went 3 for 4, scored twice, stole his seventh base and has reached base in all 15 games this season.

The Rays did their damage early. Simpson and Junior Caminero hit back-to-back singles in the first, and Simpson scored on Díaz’s groundout. In the second, Cedric Mullins tripled and scored on Richie Palacios’ single. Palacios came around on Simpson’s base hit to make it 3-0.

Before a crowd of 20,796 at Tropicana Field, the Yankees rallied against the Rays bullpen.

Ben Rice led off the seventh with a ground-rule double and scored on Cody Bellinger’s single. Giancarlo Stanton’s pinch-hit grounder scored Judge to make it 4-2.

Will Warren (1-0, 3.07) and the Yankees host Yusei Kikuchi (0-2, 6.75) and the Angels on Monday. Shane McClanahan (0-1, 4.15) takes the mound for Tampa Bay on Tuesday at Chicago against Noah Schultz and the White Sox.

AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

New York Yankees' Ben Rice hits a double during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Díaz hits an RBI groundout during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

New York Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

New York Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon, left, looks away after Tampa Bay Rays' Chandler Simpson, right, slid into third base for a triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 12, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

BALTIMORE (AP) — Samuel Basallo hit a two-run homer, Pete Alonso also drove in two runs and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Sunday.

Baltimore has won five of six games and moved above .500 for the first time since its opening day victory.

Casey Schmitt homered off the foul pole in left in the ninth inning as part of a three-hit day for the Giants, who dropped two of three to the Orioles.

Baltimore starter Cade Povich (1-0) retired the first 12 batters and yielded one run in 6 2/3 innings on his 26th birthday. The left-hander allowed five hits and no walks and struck out five.

Basallo ripped Adrian Houser’s two-out sinker into the Baltimore bullpen in left-center to score Alonso in the first inning. It was Basallo’s second homer of the season.

Alonso chased Houser (0-2) with a two-run double down the left-field line in the fifth. Houser gave up four runs and struck out three in 4 2/3 innings.

Baltimore’s Coby Mayo had an RBI single in the sixth, and Colton Cowser’s bases-loaded infield single in the seventh made it 6-1.

San Francisco second baseman Luis Arraez sat out after leaving Saturday night’s game with a bruised right wrist.

“I think with a day off tomorrow, it makes sense if we can get through today’s game without using him, you get almost three days of recovery so he can get to feeling great instead of just good enough to play,” Giants manager Tony Vitello said.

The Giants’ road trip continues Tuesday when LHP Robbie Ray (2-1, 2.08 ERA) starts the opener of a three-game series at Cincinnati.

Baltimore has not announced its pitching plans for Monday’s series opener against visiting Arizona.

AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

Baltimore Orioles' Gunnar Henderson (2) steals second base in front of San Francisco Giants second baseman Christian Koss, left, during the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Baltimore Orioles' Samuel Basallo rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Adrian Houser delivers during the third inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Baltimore Orioles' Cade Povich delivers during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Baltimore Orioles' Samuel Basallo (29) hits a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)