Overview
- The Yankees, who routed Baltimore 12-1 on Monday in the Bronx, closed a four-game sweep and improved to 24-11 to stay atop the AL East.
- Aaron Judge went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, giving him a major league–leading 14 homers through 35 games.
- His first-inning blast was his 91st career homer in the opening frame, which ranks third in Yankees history behind Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle.
- The win came hours after longtime Yankees radio voice John Sterling died at 87, with a pregame moment of silence, a wreath at home plate, Michael Kay echoing Sterling’s home-run call, and Judge saying, “We weren’t losing today.”
- One stats account reported Judge’s homer was his 382nd, moving him past Albert Belle and into a tie for 71st on MLB’s all-time list, and New York now turns to a home set with the Rangers.