Gerrit Cole, Aaron Judge help Yankees beat Orioles

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New York starter Gerrit Cole kept the Baltimore Orioles in check over six innings and Aaron Judge finally homered again as the visiting Yankees won 4-1 in matchup of AL East Division front-runners on Friday night.

Judge's majors-leading 33rd home run was his first long ball in nine games as the teams opened a three-game series.

There was tension in the bottom of the ninth