Aaron Judge hit his MLB-leading 49th home run of the season Friday night, helping the New York Yankees to a 3-0 win over the Colorado Rockies.
NEW YORK — Judge homered for the fourth straight game, sending a 388-foot shot to left-center off Kyle Freeland in the sixth inning. In earlier at-bats, Judge grounded into a double play and lined out.With the crowd of 38,910 chanting 'M-V-P! M-V-P!' Judge popped out to third base in his final at-bat in the eighth.'Hard to wrap your head around it,' Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. 'I get asked about it all the time, not just in these pressers but people coming up to you.
'Carlos Rodón moved into a tie for the major league lead in wins after striking out five in six innings of four-hit ball. Rodón, Gerrit Cole and Nestor Cortes have combined to toss 19 straight scoreless innings in the Yankees' last three games.'We're almost competing against each other,' Rodón said. 'Just keep throwing up those zeroes. You don't want to be the guy that gives up the run.
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