NEW YORK — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 28th home run, and the New York Yankees snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Saturday in a game in which Giancarlo Stanton He hurt his left hamstring.
Judge drove in three runs for a total of 70, Juan Soto reached base four times with a single and three walks, and Marcus Stroman won for the fifth time in six decisions. The Yankees (52-27), the best team in the major leagues, had lost five of their previous six games.
Stanton hit a double in the fourth inning and suffered pain when he doubled at third base on a double by Venezuelan Gleyber Torres.
Trent Grisham pinch-hit in his place in the sixth inning, and the team later said the slugger had strained his left hamstring and will undergo imaging tests on Sunday.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected by Derek Thomas after yelling at the plate umpire at the top of the seventh.
For the Braves, Dominican Marcell Ozuna was 1-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI.
For the Yankees, Venezuelans Gleyber Torres was 1 for 4 with one RBI and Oswaldo Cabrera was 2 for 4 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
