【N.J】 Yankees’ Aaron Judge hits No. 58, and it’s a opposite-field blast vs. Brewers – New Jersey News

MILWAUKEE — Aaron Judge was due.

Overdue.

He’s gone 4 days with out going deep, which is nothing for mere mortals however a little bit of a dry spell for a slugger who’s closing in a long-standing league file for dwelling runs.

The mini drought ended within the third inning of Sunday’s recreation when Judge blasted a 414-foot homer to right-center discipline off Brewers righty Jason Alexander, No. 58 for the season.

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Judge wants 4 homers to interrupt Roger Maris’ American League file of 61 homers in 1961. The Yankees may have 16 video games remaining after Sunday’s recreation.

Judge crushed a 2-0 fastball that was left over the plate for simply his third homer in his final 10 video games, the one two coming final Tuesday night time in Boston.

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The homer minimize right into a 4-1 Brewers lead that was constructed on the power of two dwelling runs off Yankees starter Gerrit Cole, a three-run jack within the first by Kolten Wong and a second-inning solo shot by No. 9 hitter Tyrone Taylor.

This was simply the sixteenth time anybody has hit 58 homers and first since Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton hit 59 for the Miami Marlins in 2017.

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