SEATTLE — Aaron Judge became the third-fastest player in baseball history to reach 100 home runs, Masahiro Tanaka threw seven sharp innings and outpitched Yusei Kikuchi in a showdown of Japanese starters, and the Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners, 7-0, on Tuesday night.

Judge joined elite company on the first pitch he saw from Kikuchi, hitting a two-run homer off the batter’s eye in center field in the first inning. Judge reached the 100-homer mark in his 371st game. Only Ryan Howard (325) and Judge’s Yankees teammate Gary Sanchez (355) got to 100 faster. It was Judge’s 17th homer of the season after going deep in all three games at Dodger Stadium last weekend.

“It’s just a start, I guess,” Judge said. “I don’t know. It’s quite an accomplishment. Very few guys have gotten a chance to do that. I’m just humbled and honored by that but got to keep moving forward.”

The Yankees, who lead the American League East, have rebounded from a tough start to their West Coast swing. After being swept at Oakland, the Yankees took two of three from the Dodgers and won the first two games in Seattle. The Yankees will wrap up this series on Wednesday afternoon, before heading home for a three-game series against Oakland in New York.