Giancarlo Stanton hit two-run homers in consecutive at-bats and drove in five runs Friday night as the host New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 and remained tied for first place in the American League East.

The Yankees (92-68) won their sixth straight and are tied with the Toronto Blue Jays in first place for the third straight day. Toronto won eight of 13 meetings and would win the head-to-head tiebreaker should the teams finish with the same win total.

Stanton homered to right-center four batters into the bottom of the first off Baltimore's Trevor Rogers (9-3) to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. He homered again in the third, a 451-foot drive to a gathering area above the loading dock in left field to give the Yankees a 6-3 lead.

Aaron Judge preceded Stanton's second homer wit

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