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Austin, Judge homer in 1st big league at-bats as Yanks win

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 2:51 p.m. ET

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NEW YORK (AP) Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge became the first teammates to hit home runs in the first at-bats of their major league debuts in the same game, sparking the New York Yankees to an 8-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.

And New York's 24-year-old newbies did it back-to-back in a five-pitch span during the second inning.

Called up before the game as part of a youth movement that led to Alex Rodriguez's release, Austin batted seventh and sliced a 2-2 fastball from Matt Andriese (6-4) to the opposite field. The 331-foot drive down the right-field line landed in the first row over the short porch, about 3 feet fair.

Judge drove a 1-2 changeup 446 feet off the railing above a sports bar in center field and into the netting above Monument Park.

Aaron Hicks hit a three-run homer in fifth for a 6-3 lead, and Starlin Castro and Didi Gregorius also went deep.

Brad Miller homered twice for Tampa Bay, a three-run drive and a solo shot off Masahiro Tanaka (9-4).

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