Aaron Judge is known for his powerful bats. The New York Yankees slugger has led MLB on home runs for two of the last three seasons, hitting 460 feet of moonshot than any player since 2017.
However, in their matchup with the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night, the judges made their home ratings in such a near-opposite way. At the bottom of the eighth innings, he was unable to sneak a 326-foot fly into the foul pole at Yankee Stadium. A shallow two-run drive became the shortest home run of his career.
It was also the judge’s 16th home run this season.
Judge Aaron sneaks into the shortest time of his career on the right field fence
“We’ll take it.” The judge said while laughing after the game.. “It’s the same as the longest I’ve hit.”
In this case, his home run gave Yanks insurance, winning 5-2. New York (28-19) won nine of the 12 to move over .500 on a season-high nine games.
Rookie Will Warren hit a career-high 10 for his home team, while Ben Rice has stepped deep into the opening game of the three-game series between the past two American League champions. Anthony Volpe flaunted the RBI double after Rice drove in the first two runs.
Texas manager Bruce Bossy was kicked out by batting judge and plate judge Carlos Torres in six innings, losing the Rangers for the third time in four games, following a six-game winning streak.
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Jonah Heim’s Ian Hamilton’s Homer in the second inning prevented the shutout with the ninth two outs. At the third runner, Luke Weaver retired Josh Smith in a pop-up for his sixth save.
Rice sent a solo shot to the second deck, just off of second starter Patrick Corbyn (3-3), on his 10th home run.
Warren (3-2) won the second straight decision, allowing five hits and one walk 52/3 innings.
Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger extended his hit streak to a career-high 14 games that helped set up Rice’s sacrifice fly with his fourth pop fly single.
The judge went 5-0 on the Yankees’ final two runs.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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