Eleven different pitchers successfully avoided being on the wrong side of history after Aaron Judge hit his 61st homer. Jesus Tinoco was unlucky No. 12.
Judge pounced on the pitch and deposited it into the first row of the left-field seats to pass Roger Maris for the American League and franchise record.
Tinoco, in his fourth season in the big leagues, had never faced Judge before Tuesday night. He opened the game with a 95 mph fastball that went high before Judge watched an 89 mph slider for a called strike. The next one, he didn’t miss.It was only the second home run that Tinoco has allowed this season in 17 appearances spanning 20 ²/₃ innings, but it surely will be one that he remembers for the rest of his career.
Blue Jays lefty Tim Mayza had given up No. 61 last Wednesday in Toronto. Since then, Judge had gone 23 straight plate appearances without another home run and was suddenly up against the clock in the penultimate game of the season. But soon after Tinoco ran in from the bullpen to begin the game, Judge wasted little time taking him deep for the historic shot. It came off the bat at 100.2 mph and traveled 391 feet, taking the weight of history off Judge’s shoulders and taking Tinoco with him into the record books.
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