Judge and Rice hit back-to-back homers while matching Mantle and Berra as Yankees beat Texas 4-2

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Aaron Judge and Ben Rice had the first back-to-back homers for the Yankees this season, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. also went deep as AL-best New York beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Monday night.

Judge matched the big league lead with his 11th homer, a day after also hitting one on his 34th birthday, to make it 3-0 with two outs in the third inning. That came right after Rice’s 10th homer, his sixth in 11 games.

They became the second pair of Yankees teammates to each have 10 or more homers in the first 29 games, joining Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra in 1956.

Max Fried (4-1) scattered four singles over six scoreless innings pitching out of the stretch as the Yankees (19-10) got their 10th win in 12 games. David Bednar, the third reliever, allowed an unearned run in the ninth while getting his eighth save in nine chances when Ezequiel Duran grounded into a forceout with two on.

Texas starter Jack Leiter (1-2) allowed the three homers in six innings.

Pinch-hitter Joc Pederson had a solo homer for Texas in the seventh.

Rice's two-run shot came a pitch after Trent Grisham reached on a single, the ball deflecting off Leiter’s glove with charging shortstop Corey Seager unable to make a barehand pickup.

Judge, who also had two doubles, followed with a 414-foot drive that landed in the left-field seats not far from the spot he hit his AL season record 62nd homer on Oct. 4, 2022.

After no homers his first 23 games, Chisholm has three in five games. He homered on the first pitch of the fourth.

Fried has allowed no runs in four of seven starts, going at least six innings in each of those scoreless outings.

The left-hander also had the Yankees' 38th pickoff since 2017, the most by any pitcher in that span. The Yankees have picked off a runner in fourth straight games for the first time since 1995; one of those pitchers 31 years ago was David Cone, who was in the ballpark broadcasting Monday's game.

Seager, a two-time World Series MVP, went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts on his 32nd birthday.

Jacob deGrom (2-0, 2.13 ERA) pitches for Texas on Tuesday night, and 25-year-old right-hander Cam Schlittler (3-1, 1.77) goes for New York.

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New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. celebrates his solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game as umpire Ben May and Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung, right rear, look on Monday, April 27, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers pitcher Jack Leiter throws to the New York Yankees in the third inning of a baseball game Monday, April 27, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried throws to the Texas Rangers in the first inning of a baseball game Monday, April 27, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge and Ben Rice, right, celebrate Rice's two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Monday, April 27, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Monday, April 27, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two of the correspondents ousted from “60 Minutes” as part of a major shakeup at the storied CBS News show, are moving from the newsroom to the classroom.

Columbia Journalism School announced Monday that the two would serve as Journalists in Residence for the upcoming academic year.

In a statement, the school said the two, who both lost their “60 Minutes” jobs two months ago amid changes imposed by CBS News' editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, would in their part-time positions advise and mentor students, give lectures and contribute to the Columbia Journalism Review, among other things.

“Their appointments give CJS students access to two journalists whose reporting has shaped the national conversation for decades," the statement said. "Alfonsi and Pelley have covered many of the defining stories of our time — from war and politics to public health, criminal justice and international affairs.”

In an interview, Jelani Cobb, dean of the journalism school, said he had reached out to Pelley the day after he was fired in early June after he confronted CBS News leadership about the changes instituted by Weiss. That included replacing the show’s executive producer, Tanya Simon, with Nick Bilton, who had little substantial broadcast TV experience.

“One of the responsibilities of my job is to have an eye out for talent that’s available,” Cobb said. “The caliber of their investigative work was just unparalleled. ‘60 Minutes’ is the preeminent investigative broadcast news show for a reason.”

The decision was made quickly, and then was kept under wraps in order to announce the news closer to the beginning of the academic year, Cobb said.

In a statement released by the school, Alfonsi, who spent more than a decade reporting for “60 Minutes” before the show failed to renew her contract this year, called the new position "an extraordinary privilege, especially at a time when deep, rigorous and fearless reporting has never been more vital.”

“I’m excited to work with the next generation of journalists who are eager to ask the tough questions that hold power accountable," Alfonsi said.

Pelley, who anchored “CBS Evening News” and spent more than 37 years at the network, 27 of them at “60 Minutes," noted in his statement that it was “a critical time for a free press.”

“Columbia is leading the way in training the next generation of great journalists and I am honored to join Sharyn in that vital cause," Pelley said.

In addition to their work advising and mentoring students, Alfonsi and Pelley will participate in a Nov. 11 dialogue moderated by Cobb, the dean said.

That panel will discuss “significant stories that they’ve done over the course of their careers, what they’ve learned as journalists, how they have navigated different ethical conflicts that have come up — the things that they’ve learned over the course of their careers,” Cobb said.

At “60 Minutes,” meanwhile, a new slate of correspondents has been announced ahead of the show's 59th season.

FILE - Scott Pelley, anchor of "CBS Evening News," poses in New York, May 15, 2013. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)