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Aaron Judge had home runs in five games, which was too long for him. So he decided to make up for lost time.
In the sixth inning, the MVP favorite hit his 56th home run of the season against the Boston Red Sox Tuesday night at Fenway Park in a 3–1 tie.
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Two innings later, he tied the game again, hitting his 57th solo home run of the year against the Green Monster.
Five games without a home run was the fourth longest winning streak in a season. But despite the “drought,” the judges have been raking in completely, the home run being his second hit of the night and his . has six home runs and 10 RBIs. He’s also been on base at least three times in all but one of those games.
Judges recently set a streak of seven straight games of reaching base at least three times, a streak not achieved by a Yankee since Mickey Mantle did it in 1957.
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With 57 homers, he is the player with the most home runs since teammate Giancarlo Stanton hit 59 in his NL MVP-winning season with the Miami Marlins in 2017. It also breaks the record for most home runs hit by a right-handed Yankee in a season.
Judges need four to tie American League records and five to set. Some argue that this is a true record of the steroid era.
Either way, Judge is three homers away and one away from becoming the sixth man in MLB history to hit 60 homers in a single season. This was his ninth appearance, his 73 home runs for Barry Bonds is his MLB record, and Sammy Sosa’s first since Sammy Sosa. In 2001 he recorded 64.
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Judge is also in contention for the Triple Crown — he’s batting .307 Tuesday night, trailing Boston’s Xander Bogaerts’ .319.