Yankees come to life round Judge’s first HR since return

BALTIMORE — Set towards one in every of his favourite backdrops, Aaron Judge bought a pitch to hit. He didn’t miss it, and several other of his teammates adopted go well with.

Judge belted his first residence run since coming back from the injured record, a two-run shot to straightaway middle subject that helped energy the Yankees to an 8-3 victory over the Orioles on Saturday night time at Camden Yards.

The early indicators have been encouraging for Judge, who’s enjoying with a torn ligament in his proper large toe that would require surgical procedure after the season. Utilizing a protecting protect on his proper foot, Judge lined out on the primary pitch he noticed in Friday’s 1-0 loss, then labored three walks.

Facing Tyler Wells, Judge flew out to deep middle subject in his first at-bat on Saturday, then clobbered a third-inning Wells fastball for a Statcast-projected 442-foot homer, clocked off the bat at 111.6 mph. The blast was a part of a three-hit night time for the Yankees captain.

Giancarlo Stanton and Kyle Higashioka additionally homered within the contest, whereas Isiah Kiner-Falefa logged a bases-clearing double to help right-hander Clarke Schmidt, who held the first-place Orioles to a few runs over 5 innings. 

Including the postseason, the Yankees are 29-3 when Judge and Stanton homer in the identical recreation.

Judge has hit 22 profession homers at Camden Yards, his highest whole in any visiting ballpark. The homer was Judge’s twentieth of the season, a determine that also leads the Yankees regardless of Judge lacking 42 video games after his June 3 damage.