After he was hit in the head by a pitch that led to a benches-clearing incident between the Orioles and their American League East rivals last season, Kjerstad prompted the dugouts to empty once again Wednesday when he took exception to Yankees second baseman Pablo Reyes landing on top of him on a play at second base.

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the first inning for the Yankees, his 10th, then the Orioles responded with four in the second on a two-run homer by Ryan Mountcastle, a solo shot by Ramon Urias and RBI single by Adley Rutschman.

The Yankees and Orioles got their steps in, but that was just about all that was accomplished when the benches cleared in the bottom of the fourth inning Wednesday night.