Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 300th homer, reaching that milestone faster than any other player when he connected against the White Sox on Wednesday night.
Judge hit the mark in his 955th game and 3,431st at-bat with a three-run drive in the eighth inning. The six-time All-Star and 2022 American League MVP drove a 3-0 up-and-in sinker fromRalph Kiner reached 300 homers in his 1,087th game, and Babe Ruth did in his 3,831st at-bat.to bring up Judge, who had not homered on a 3-0 pitch since 2021 and now has three such home runs in his career.
"It locks you in, but I get why he did it," Judge said."The way Juan's been swinging the bat and what he's done in this series, four homers, driving the ball all over the park, I'd probably walk him, too, in that situation." It was just the second time in Judge's career that the batter before him was intentionally walked. The other time was during Judge's rookie year, on Aug. 31, 2016 (Chase Headley was intentionally walked at
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