The Orioles were two outs from handing one of the best pitchers in baseball his first loss. One of the best hitters in baseball made sure it didn’t happen.

Baltimore built a four-run lead off New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole and was two outs from another series-opening victory before reigning American League Most Valuable Player Aaron Judge homered off Orioles closer Félix Bautista with one out in the ninth to tie the game. An inning later, Anthony Volpe’s sacrifice fly off Bryan Baker gave New York a 6-5 victory.

Judge’s home run meant Orioles starter Kyle Bradish’s pursuit of a win against an AL East opponent continued. Although Baltimore’s four-run advantage evaporated with Bradish on the mound, he exited in position for his first win in 16 divisional starts. Instead, he remains 0-8 with a 7.86 ERA despite being 6-0 with a 2.14 ERA in his 15 other starts. A run in the top of the sixth, scored on Terrin Vavra’s bases-loaded groundout, meant Bradish left with a lead and represented Baltimore’s fifth score off Cole, who entered 5-0 with a 2.01 ERA.

The Orioles (31-17) struck early against one of baseball’s top pitchers. Cole walked Anthony Santander and Ryan Mountcastle in the first before Adam Frazier scored both with a double that narrowly evaded right fielder Aaron Judge’s diving attempt. After ending April hitting .220 with a .663 OPS, Frazier entered Tuesday batting .288 with an .840 OPS in May.

Solo home runs from Cedric Mullins and Gunnar Henderson in the third and fourth, respectively, extended the Orioles’ lead to four. Mullins’ pushed Cole beyond two runs allowed for only the second time in 11 starts. Henderson’s continued his May turnaround and made him the youngest Oriole to homer in a regular season game at either version of Yankee Stadium since Eddie Murray in 1977.

The Yankees’ rally off Bradish begin there, with Harrison Bader homering in the bottom of the fourth. Two singles opened the fifth before Bradish retired Judge on a lineout, but Anthony Rizzo doubled in a run. DJ LeMahieu singled in another ahead of Bader tying the game on a sacrifice fly.

After Mychal Givens worked a scoreless sixth, Yennier Cano pitched two scoreless innings to get the game to Bautista, who couldn’t hold the lead.

This story will be updated.

Orioles at Yankees

Wednesday, 7:05 p.m.

TV: MASN

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