Judge's 30th career multi-home run game helps Yankees hold off late surging Blue Jays

Alek Manoah's struggles continued Monday night as the Toronto Blue Jays starter issued a career-high seven walks in a 7-4 loss to the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre.

The Yankees got to Manoah early as Aaron Judge and Willie Calhoun hit homers in the first inning to stake New York to a three-run lead. Judge added another solo shot in the eighth inning to give him 10 homers on the year.

New York opener Jimmy Cordero threw two scoreless frames ahead of right-hander Jhony Brito, who held Toronto off the scoreboard until the Blue Jays' four-run eighth inning.

Manoah has yet to find the form that made him an American League Cy Young Award finalist last season. He has made it to the sixth inning in only two of nine starts and his earned-run average is up to 5.40.

Manoah (1-4) gave up a solo shot to Judge — a 375-foot liner that barely cleared the fence — before Calhoun added a two-run, 404-foot blast later in the frame.

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Cordero, meanwhile, retired the first six batters in order thanks in part to some great defence.

Shortstop Anthony Volpe went airborne to rob Daulton Varsho of a hit in the second inning. Left-fielder Jake Bauers followed with a running catch on the warning track that denied Matt Chapman of extra bases.

The Yankees tacked on two more runs in the fourth. Kyle Higashioka drove in Anthony Volpe with an RBI single and Manoah walked Judge with the bases loaded.

The Blue Jays right-hander escaped further damage by getting Anthony Rizzo to hit into an inning-ending double play. But back-to-back walks to open the fifth inning ended Manoah's