The New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night to capture the American League East title. In the win, Aaron Judge hit his 58th home run of the season to make some team history.
The New York Yankees rolled the Baltimore Orioles 10-1 on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. With the win, the Yankees are now 93-66. They have captured the American League East title and can officially spend the last weekend of the regular season trying to get the No. 1 seed in the American League playoffs.In the win, Gerrit Cole dominated on the mound, going 6.2 innings while striking out five. He gave up no runs on two hits.
Offensively, Aaron Judge went 1-for-2 with a home run and two walks. The home run was his 58th of the season, marking the second time in his career that he's hit that number . Judge also has 144 RBI to go along with a .325 average. The presumptive American League MVP, Judge also made some unique team history with the blast.
Aaron Judge is the first player in Yankees history with multiple HR streaks of at least 5 games in his careeron the Pittsburgh Pirates. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. ET. Given that the Yankees have already wrapped up the division, there is a chance that Judge could take a day off.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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