NEW YORK — Through their first 66 games Daryl Williams Jersey , the New York Yankees have shaken hands 46 times to celebrate a win.

While some of the big names such as Giancarlo Stanton, Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius have experienced slumps, a consistent bat is Aaron Judge.

Judge is following up winning Rookie of the Year by constantly delivering key hits for the Yankees, who go for the four-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

After setting a rookie record with 52 homers, Judge is batting .283 with 18 homers and 46 RBIs to go along with a .399 on-base percentage and 49 runs. He leads the Yankees in homers, RBIs and runs scored while his 17 doubles are second-most behind rookie Miguel Andujar.

"He's just such a good player," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "Even when Aaron goes through a few days where he's not swinging great, the at-bat quality doesn't really change all that much. You know night in and night out, he's going to make it really hard on the pitchers and they understand that they have to make their best pitches just to retire him."

Judge left the homers to Stanton and Sanchez on Saturday but contributed a pair of doubles in a 4-1 victory. He is 8-for-18 on the homestand and has 19 hits in his last 63 at-bats.

"That's one of my main goals every year, just try to be consistent, especially with the lineup we got," Judge said. "If I can consistently get on base for the guys around me, I feel like we'll have a pretty good game."

Judge's contributions to the latest win occurred on a day when Sanchez homered for the first time since May 19 at Kansas City against the Royals. He had a bases-clearing double Friday and snapped a 66 at-bat stretch without a homer.

Even with some of the ebbs and flows of some other hitters, the Yankees own the best record in baseball and are 13-3 in their last 16 games.

"We've had timely hits, big hits Eddie Yarbrough Jersey , guys step up," Stanton said. We haven't all clicked at the same time. Once that happens and we're on all cylinders, there's more room to get better."

Tampa Bay is hoping Sunday is not when everything clicks for the Yankees given its recent history.

Only Matt Duffy's ninth-inning homer avoided a second straight shutout. The Rays are 4-12 in their last 16 and on a nine-game road losing streak.

"It's frustrating losing games," Rays manager Kevin Cash said after his team mustered five hits and struck out 10 times. "You want these guys to come up here and experience success personally and as a team and the good thing is, we talk about it all the time, these guys have won together, they're going to be able to withstand some tough stretches."

It has been a particularly tough stretch for the Rays against the Yankees. They are 0-5 in the season series while getting outscored 31-10.

Tampa Bay is also 10-24 in its last 34 games against the Yankees since Aug. 12, 2016, and 4-18 in its last 22 trips to New York since. That was the day Alex Rodriguez played his last game and one day before Judge made his major league debut.

"That's a good hitting team," Duffy said. "We've held them to a pretty modest amount of runs considering what they're capable of, especially in their home park."

After Luis Severino dominated for eight innings Saturday, CC Sabathia will start for the 522nd time in his career and when he does, he will break a tie with Hall of Famer Jim Palmer and former teammate Andy Pettitte for 38th place on the all-time list.

Sabathia will also go for his 242nd career win, which is one behind former Cleveland Indians teammate Bartolo Colon and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal for 54th on the all-time list.

The left-hander is 4-1 with a 3.15 ERA in 10 starts since returning from a brief disabled list stint April 19. He last pitched Tuesday against the Washington Nationals when he became the fifth pitcher to get 1,500 strikeouts with the Yankees and allowed four hits in 5 2/3 innings of a 3-0 victory.

Overall Case Keenum Jersey , Sabathia is at 2,893 strikeouts and inching closer to becoming the 17th pitcher to reach 3,000 strikeouts, though he was not aware he reached 1,500 after striking out Michael A. Taylor on Tuesday.

The left-hander is 16-14 with a 3.77 ERA in 45 career starts against the Rays. His 45 starts and 296 innings pitched against Tampa Bay are his most against any opponent.

Sabathia is 5-0 with a 3.57 ERA in his last seven starts against the Rays.

Tampa Bay will use a reliever to open the game for the second straight time. After Ryne Stanek started by throwing 21 pitches in 1 1/3 innings Saturday, Wilmer Font will pitch.

"It's weird," Stanton said of Tampa Bay's unorthodox strategy. "It's just like a guy coming out of the pen, how you prep for him, except you do it at the beginning of the game. Get ready for the starter. It's weird, out of order, but the same sequence."

Font is 0-1 with a 2.31 ERA in six appearances since joining the Rays last month and Sunday will be his third start for the Rays. On Wednesday, he threw 66 pitches and allowed two hits in 3 1/3 innings during a 1-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Rays will make a roster move as shortstop Christian Arroyo will be placed on the disabled list with a strained oblique and Adeiny Hechavarria will be recalled from his rehab assignment after missing 28 games with a strained right hamstring.

John Hicks showed off his hitting and his speed, and made a nice defensive play to help the Detroit Tigers get another big win against the Chicago White Sox.

Hicks homered and scored the go-ahead run on a fielder's choice in the eighth inning as the Tigers beat the White Sox 4-3 on Friday night. Victor Martinez had a two-run double to help Detroit improve to 4-0 at Guaranteed Rate Field this season, and 6-1 overall against the Chicago.

Hicks led off the eighth with a single off White Sox reliever Juan Minaya (0-1) and later tagged from second on James McCann's flyout to right. With the infield in and one out, Victor Reyes hit a grounder to first baseman Jose Abreu. Abreu juggled the ball on the transfer allowing Hicks to beat the throw to the plate.

"I'm getting a little upset about people thinking I'm slow Xavier Woods Jersey ," said Hicks. "We were going on contact and I saw the ball down and took off. He (Abreu) bobbled it a little bit. I may have been in trouble if he didn't then I was able to get around the tag."

Buck Farmer (2-3) got one out in the seventh for the win and Alex Wilson pitched out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the eighth. Wilson got Charlie Tilson to hit a grounder to Hicks at first, who made a nice threw to home for the force out before Adam Engel grounded out.

Shane Greene pitched a scoreless ninth for his 18th save in 21 chances as the Tigers won their third straight.

McCann finished with three hits for Detroit.

White Sox starter Reynaldo Lopez came in 1-1 with a 1.85 ERA in his last five home starts, but wasn't sharp early. In the second inning, Hicks hit Lopez's 2-0 pitch over the center-field wall for his sixth homer of the season. Martinez added a two-run double in the third to push Detroit's lead to 3-0.

Lopez settled down after the third and made it through six innings. He gave up three runs and nine hits, but was visibly upset after leaving the game.

"Sometimes the emotions during the game, the adrenaline, make you keep going. I'm a competitor, said Lopez through a translator. "I always want to get more when I have a chance to be out there. That probably why I don't like to get out of the game. I know the decision. I know they always try to make the best decision for us."

With one out in the sixth, Tigers starter Mike Fiers gave up back-to-back to singles before Omar Narvaez hit his first home run of the season to tie the score. It was Narvaez's first homer since last Sept. 2 against Tampa Bay.

On the next pitch, Fiers hit Tim Anderson with an offspeed pitch. Anderson took exception and had a few words for Fiers as he walked to first. The White Sox bench started to empty, but the situation was quickly defused.

"I don't think he meant anything about it. I think it may have been some joke he was trying to get across, I don't know. There was no harm, but I think everything got taken out of hand when (catcher) James McCann kind of jumped up and wondered what was going on and the crowd got loud," said Fiers.

Anderson agreed with Fiers' assessment.

"He tried to throw a curveball. It was a mistake. You know Jay Novacek Jersey , pitchers make mistakes. Everything's cool," said Anderson. "I was telling him, `It's OK.' I don't know what he said to me."

Fiers allowed three runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.

KOPECH'S FUTURE

Prized prospect RHP Michael Kopech was rocked for five runs on eight walks and two hits in three innings at Triple-A Charlotte on Thursday night. White Sox manager Rick Renteria just wants Kopech (2-5, 5.20 ERA) to get back to basics.

"Just continue to get back to the drawing board, get his work through, his side work. Hopefully, trying to get in a position where he's commanding his fastball and using his secondary pitch. It is a process. You know, he has had a few tough ones. Hopefully, the next one will be better," said Renteria.

Renteria said there has been no discussion about Kopech's prospects of joining the White Sox.

"I can't speak to his timeline. I haven't spoken about timelines with any of our guys (in the front office)."

TRAINER'S ROOM

Tigers: Miguel Cabrera had successful surgery on his left biceps tendon on Thursday. Cabrera, who is out for the rest of the season is expected to return for spring training.

White Sox: OF Avisail Garcia, who is rehabbing a strained a right hamstring was 1 for 4 with an RBI double for Triple-A Charlotte. He will be re-evaluated on Saturday. Garcia hit his first home run of the rehab assignment along with a double and three RBI on Thursday night.

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UP NEXT

Tigers: RHP Jordan Zimmermann (2-0) is scheduled to make his first appearance since May 5 due to a right shoulder injury.

White Sox: RHP Lucas Lucas Giolito (4-7) is 1-4 with a 11.63 ERA at home this season.

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