Judge back from injury for Yanks, bats leadoff for 1st time

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge is back in the New York Yankees’ lineup and batting leadoff for the first time in his major league career.
After missing two months with a left oblique injury, Judge returned Friday night against Houston. Normally the team’s No. 2 hitter, the 6-foot-7, 282-pound slugger was moved to the top spot as manager Aaron Boone toys with how best to arrange his power-packed batting order now that Edwin Encarnación has arrived and several Yankees stars a