Judge '9 games-42 consecutive home runs' The longest silence this season, Soto survived...NYY 6-10 TEX
Sep 05, 2024
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Judge played as the third center fielder in an away game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on the 5th (Korea time), and was replaced in defense at the bottom of the eighth inning, trailing 2-10.
Judge, who hit his 50th and 51st home runs of the season in the 1st and 7th innings at home against the Colorado Rockies on the 26th of last month, has not been able to cross the fence for 10 days, 9 games and 42 consecutive at-bats.
Judge, who has been on a home run-free streak for the longest period this year in terms of games and number of at-bats, can hit 59 home runs if he applies his pace so far with the Yankees remaining 22 games. Not only 62 home runs, the most in an AL season he set two years ago, but also 60 home runs seems arithmetically too much.
It certainly looks like he has lost his sense of hitting. He had a batting average of 0.176 (6 hits in 34 at-bats) and two RBIs, three runs, seven walks and 15 strikeouts without a home run in nine games. It is reminiscent of the poor performance at the beginning of the season. Judge showed a serious slump with a batting average of 0.197, six homers and an OPS 725 in the first 33 games of the season until May 3.
The batting average fell from 0.333 to 0.323 and from 1.202 to 1.157 during the no-homer season. The two leagues are home runs, RBIs, on-base percentage (0.455), slugging percentage (0.702), and OPS, but if the pace of the rest of the season is further sagging, the MVP cannot be guaranteed. This is because Kansas City Royals Bobby Wit Jr. is so strong.
Wit Jr. is No. 1 overall with a batting average of 0.339, and has 30 home runs, 97 RBIs, 117 runs, 190 hits, 28 steals, and an OPS of 1.004. Not only batting average, but also scoring and hitting are ranked first in both leagues. Additionally, adding two stolen bases will also achieve 30-30 for the second consecutive year.
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In the third inning, trailing 0-2, with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, he walked straight from Ivaldi, but failed to score due to a failure of a follow-up hit.
In the top of the fifth inning, when Juan Soto's two-run home run led the Yankees to 2-5, Judge entered the third at-bat without a runner after two outs and struck out three pitches. He watched Ivaldi's third strike of 97.3 miles on a two-strike before turning around.
In the eighth inning, trailing 2-10, the first baseman hit a straight hit to the third baseman. Opponent left-hander Walter Pennington's 91.3-mile cutter was pulled in front of third baseman Josh Jeong. During the defense in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Yankees replaced all three outfield players, including Judge, Soto and Alex Verdugo. It's a declaration to give up the game.
Soto, who had no home runs in eight consecutive games with Judge until the previous day, hit 3 hits, 2 RBIs, 1 run and 1 walk in 3 at-bats, including his 38th home run of the season, but other batters were not good with the bat. Yankees starter Marcus Stroman lost the game with nine hits and five runs in three ⅔ innings.
Along with Judge's slump, the Yankees are also on the decline. The Yankees, who finished the three consecutive games against Texas with one win and two losses, have recently won three consecutive losing series, marking 80 wins and 60 losses. He maintained a 0.5 game gap with the Baltimore Orioles (81 wins and 50 losses), which ranks first in the AL East.
jhno@sportschosun.com
