New York Yankees home-run hitting superstar Aaron Judge has been on fire for much of this MLB season. And despite a slump through August where he went had a streak of nine games without a dinger, he appears to have found his rhythm again.
Judge has now homered in three of the last four games, but we’re here to focus on the incredible 427-foot moonshot Friday night in the Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Oakland A’s.
A scoreless game in the top of the fifth, Judge got New York on the board first with his three-run homer off of A’s pitcher JP Sears, who, judging by his reaction, immediately knew that ball was long gone.
All Rise!
427ft for BAJ 💪 pic.twitter.com/kbfCo6PQfa
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) August 27, 2022
By far MLB’s home run leader this season, that was No. 49 to extend his lead over Phillies’ slugger Kyle Schwarber with 35 so far. More on Judge via MLB.com:
Judge’s 49 home runs are the second most by any AL/NL player prior to September dating back to the 2002 season. He trails only fellow Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who had 51 at the end of August 2017, when he was with the Marlins. He’s currently on pace to hit an AL record 63 homers this season.
Just an incredible home-run hitting season for the Yankees’ slugger, whose three-run dinger Friday against the A’s gave his team a 3-0 lead, and Oakland just couldn’t catch up in time.
