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Aaron Judge's first homer since World Baseball Classic return leads Yankees' 6-2 spring training win over Phillies

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The Yankees closed their Grapefruit League spring training schedule with a 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Yankees closed their Grapefruit League spring training schedule with a 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies Sunday at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. , where Aaron Judge hit his first home run since rejoining New York after the World Baseball Classic .

Takeaways Judge's first game back as a Yankee after almost three weeks with Team USA was this past Friday's 3-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles, in which he struck out three time in as many at-bats. Saturday's 3-1 loss at the Detroit Tigers saw Judge sit, and the day off fared well for his Sunday return. His 1-for-2 afternoon featured a leadoff home run in the fifth inning against Aaron Nola -- Judge's first long ball since returning to New York from the WBC -- where Judge sent Nola's 2-2 pitch, an 85 mph changeup, down the left-field line and into the second deck.

Players of Judge's caliber should not miss a beat. After he returned to the tune of Friday's 0-for-3 performance, his Sunday bounce back -- a third-inning walk included -- is a welcome sign for the Yankees with three days until Opening Day. Will Warren saved his best for last.

He allowed one hit -- Kyle Schwarber 's leadoff double -- in five shutout innings, retiring 15 straight Phillies while striking out six. Warren threw 44 strikes on 62 pitches. He ends his spring with a 1.