Silence even when he hit 62 home runs, Judge '7 consecutive games of cannon shut down' Now 60 home runs for a while...NYY 8-4 TEX
Sep 03, 2024
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Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees is rarely running a cannon. Judge scored one hit, one RBI and one run from five times at bat in an away game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on the 3rd (Korea time).
After hitting 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, he failed to cross the fence for the 8th, 7th and 33rd consecutive times.
On this day, the Yankees won 8-3, marking 80 wins and 58 losses, and maintaining the top spot in the American League (AL) East. With the Yankees 24 games remaining, Judge can arithmetically hit 59.9 home runs. Although 60 home runs are still possible, it seems difficult to break the record for the most home runs in an AL season that he set two years ago.
In particular, Globe Life Field drew attention because Judge hit 62 home runs on October 5, 2022, but the cannon did not explode.
Judge, who played as the third center fielder, hit a big hit in his first at-bat after two outs in the top of the first inning, but was caught in front of the fence. Texas left fielder Wyatt Langford was caught 366 feet away from Texas starter Jack Leiter's 4th pitch, pulling a 97.9-mile fastball to the left and hitting it to the left.
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Judge, who struck out a rookie in the seventh inning with a 7-1 lead, was out with a fly ball to center field in the ninth inning with one out. The ball was also well hit with a launch angle of 26 degrees and a batting speed of 96.8 miles, but center fielder Leody Taveras moved back slightly and caught it. The distance was 364 feet.
With this, Ohtani recorded a batting average of 0.326 (158 hits in 485 at-bats), 51 homers, 124 RBIs, 106 runs, 112 walks, an on-base percentage of 0.459, a slugging percentage of 0.711, and an OPS of 1.10. The two leagues are still No. 1 in home runs, RBIs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS. In the batting average category, the team closely trails No. 1 Kansas City Royals Bobby Witt Jr. (0.338) by 0.012 points.
The Yankees, who widened the gap to 3-1 with Judge's timely double in the sixth inning, added four more runs with one out and a timely hit by Jazz Chisom Jr., Lizzo's two-run double, and the opponent's wild pitch to seal the victory with a 7-1 run.
Meanwhile, Yankees starter Gerrit Cole won the game with four hits, one walk, nine strikeouts and one run in six innings, but was replaced after throwing 82 pitches due to muscle spasms in his right stump.
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