Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 50th homer of the season Sunday, connecting in the first inning against the Rockies.
NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 50th homer of the season on Sunday, connecting in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies. Then he connected for No. 51 in the seventh in a 10-3 victory.Judge drove a 0-2 changeup from Austin Gomber into the visiting bullpen in left-center to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead. It was his 18th homer in the first this season, matching Alex Rodriguez in 2001 for the major league record.
Ruth hit 60 homers in 1927, an AL record that stood until Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961 for the Yankees. Judge broke Maris' single-season AL record by hitting 62 in 2022.'We're running out of superlatives to what we're seeing, especially in this time where hitting is difficult,' Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
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