NEW YORK — Gunnar Henderson had three of Baltimore's 12 hits in the first four innings, and the Orioles again prevented the New York Yankees from clinching the AL East title by holding on for a 9-7 victory Wednesday night despite another home run from Aaron Judge.
Colton Cowser drove in three runs for the playoff-bound Orioles, who dinged substitute starter Marcus Stroman early and improved to 8-4 against New York with one matchup left in their season series.
''We're just focusing on us," Henderson said. "I feel like we're starting to get it going at the right time.''
Judge went deep for the fourth game in a row, connecting on his major league-leading 57th homer in a four-run ninth inning.
The three-run shot off Matt Bowman upped Judge's career-best total to 142 RBIs, also most in the majors, and shaved New York's deficit to 9-7.
''No quit in the team there all the way till the end,'' Judge said. ''I never feel like we're ever out of a game no matter the score.''
Keegan Akin retired the next two batters for his third career save and first this year.
Juan Soto also homered and knocked in three runs for New York, which could have wrapped up the AL East race with a victory over the Orioles either of the past two nights. Anthony Volpe had an RBI single.