His productive two months - long enough to no longer simply be considered a hot streak - has the baseball world whispering about Judge's AL MVP candidacy.
Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and the rest of Yankees' young sluggers are locked in and scoring in bunches.
Judge hit two more home runs, including a drive almost 500 feet that cleared the distant bleachers at Yankee Stadium and sent NY romping past Baltimore 14-3 Sunday for its fifth straight win.
Technically speaking, Judge said that he has worked on staying anchored on his back leg so that his body doesn't tilt forward. Whether his pitiful performance this season is injury-related or not, Tillman now owns a horrendous 8.01 ERA after allowing three home runs and nine earned runs in 1.1 innings pitched against the New York Yankees Saturday in front of a national TV audience.
Carrasco (6-3) was pulled after Todd Frazier's two-run double cut Cleveland's lead to one.
Here is the official data from Statcast for Judge's 19th home run of the season. The Miami Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton holds the all-time record at 504 feet.
As for Judge's teammates and anyone else, television commentators Michael Kay and Paul O'Neill said, "Oh my goodness" and "Wow", while Didi Gregorius watched while standing on top of a bench by the railing.
Judge hit one of five homers on a night when the Yankees set season highs in runs and hits (18) and tied a season best by hitting five homers for the third time this season. "That's the word - incredible". With only 89 pitches thrown, he surely could have kept going, but for Yankees manager Joe Girardi, why keep pushing the starter in what was then a 14-1 lead? His power is special.
How do you think it feels to be Brett Gardner and Aaron Hicks, the only two Yankees batters Tillman was able to retire, both of whom made outs against Tillman twice? "Me and everybody else".
The Yankees couldn't land a knockout blow to Meyer, but Didi Gregorius delivered run-scoring singles in the third and fifth, two of his four hits in the game, to give NY a 2-1 lead. He has a league-leading 21 home runs with 47 RBI, putting him in the lead for the Triple Crown. "He didn't let it snowball", Girardi said.
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"He's a good player", Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. While the middle inning guys don't typically get the glory that they deserve, this group is a large reason why the Yankees sport an AL-best 3.60 ERA.
Judge's big day was only part of a huge series for the Yankees at the plate.
The New York Yankees keep rolling as they win five in a row. He has lost five straight starts during the worst stretch of his career, charged with 27 runs in 22 2/3 innings including 11 home runs. It was his longest homer, and the catcher became the sixth Yankee to reach double digits in long balls.
BOSTON - Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run homer in the eighth as Boston rallied for three runs in the inning and beat the Detroit Tigers.
"Right now, they're swinging the bats, they're getting themselves in good hitters counts and they're not missing the fastballs".
The Japanese right-hander largely shut down the Angels after Kole Calhoun's first-inning homer, but he yielded Espinosa's two-out RBI single before reliever Tyler Clippard (1-3) gave up Maybin's tying RBI double in the seventh. Jonathan Holder (1.2 innings), Adam Warren (1.2 innings) and rookie Domingo German (2.2 innings in his major-league debut) all didn't allow a run.
Gausman gave up seven runs on eight hits in 3.1 innings.
Orioles: Machado hit off a tee, made some throws and fielded some grounders before the game.
Baltimore added some fresh arms to its bullpen prior to Sunday's series finale, recalling Logan Verrett and selecting the contract of Jimmy Yacabonis from Triple-A Norfolk.
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