Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 home runs in a season, going deep for the New York Yankees against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. The 30-year-old slugger drove a full-count pitch from Tim Mayza over the left-field fence in the seventh inning at Rogers Centre.
The 30-year-old slugger drove a full-count pitch from Tim Mayza over the left-field fence in the seventh inning at Rogers Centre.
Judge moved past the 60 home runs Babe Ruth hit in 1927, which had stood as the major league mark until Maris broke it in 1961. All three stars reached those huge numbers playing for the Yankees.
At 9:10 pm Eastern on Sept. 28, Aaron Judge hit his 61st homer of the 2022 season. It was a two-run homer in the seventh inning against Toronto lefty reliever Tim Mayza. It tied Roger Maris for both the American League and Yankees record. That is the clinical. The emotional? Wow!
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) September 29, 2022
Yankees Aaron Judge hits his 61st Home Run of the season, tying Roger Maris for the American League record pic.twitter.com/8wSqK1jknZ
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