With a game-changing grand slam in the seventh inning, Aaron Judge broke his greatest home run drought and helped the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Friday night.
Before launching a critical blast into the lower left-field seats off reliever Cam Booser (2-3), Judge had gone 16 games and 75 bat appearances without a home run. This gave the Yankees a 5-4 lead.
With this victory, the Yankees have now won three consecutive and have a three-game advantage over Baltimore in the AL East. Baltimore lost 1-0 to Detroit after being hitless for eight and a third innings. This is the Yankees’ largest lead since they were ahead by three and a half games prior to their 4-14 record after losing to Boston on June 15.
Judge remarked, “Just got to keep it rolling.” “Everyone is carrying out their duties.”
With his second of the season and eighth career grand slam, Judge enthralled the 45,292 spectators at Yankee Stadium as well as the New York players occupying the dugout with a frenzied celebration. Even for a curtain call, the 6-foot-7 skipper emerged.
Judge remarked, “Tonight was amazing, especially in that seventh inning.” “We were kind of rallying there in the seventh inning, and it felt kind of like a playoff atmosphere.” We have so undoubtedly been waiting for that.
Aaron Judge led the majors in RBIs with 130 after hitting his 52nd home run of the year. Since August 25, when he blasted two home runs against Colorado, he had not hit a home run.
With two outs in the sixth inning, Masataka Yoshida broke the scoreless tie with a two-run home run, lifting Schmidt off the mound.
Boston led 4-0 after Trevor Story added a two-run home run against Leiter in the eighth inning. Story, who had not played since April 6 due to a dislocated left shoulder, made his season debut with his first home run last weekend.
It’s a challenging one. There is no avoiding it,” Story remarked. “Hard to play. Things like that do occur in the major leagues.
After Gleyber Torres produced an RBI single in the seventh inning, Zack Kelly was replaced in the New York lineup after walking the next two batters. After that, Booser gave Juan Soto four pitches to walk before Judge smashed a 2-0 fastball for
