Elly De La Cruz homered, tripled and drove in three runs as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Yankees 6-1 on Monday night.
Gavin Lux also went deep for the Reds, who have won two straight and 11 of 16.
Aaron Judge accounted for the Yankees’ run with his 28th homer. Cody Bellinger had three hits.
It was only the second time in 14 games that Yankees pitchers allowed three or more earned runs. New York came in with a 1.99 ERA since June 10.
Judge hit his fourth home run in 11 games against the Reds with a towering drive into the upper deck in left field in the first off starter Nick Lodolo.
New York went 0 for 12 with runners in scoring position.
Cincinnati right-hander Chase Burns, the second overall pick in last year’s amateur draft, makes his big league debut Tuesday night. LHP Carlos Rodón (9-5, 3.10 ERA) goes for the Yankees.
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