Judge started as the third designated hitter in the away game against the Boston Red Sox in the 2024 Major League Baseball at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on the 27th (Korea Standard Time), and recorded 1 hit, 3 RBIs and 1 walk in 4 at-bats with his 36th home run of the season.
Judge’s home run was hit in the top of the seventh inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases when the Yankees were trailing 3-4. When Judge became at-bat, the Yankees put right-hander Jack Kelly on the mound, but Judge’s bat turned sharply from the first pitch.
Kelly’s 92.6 mph (149.0 kph) cutter came in low at the first pitch, but Judge’s shot flew well over the central fence. The homerun flew 470 feet (143.3 meters) at 114.4 mph (184.1 kph) and reached an angle of 26 degrees Celsius.
It was the fourth home run ever since Statcast Tracking began in 2015. It was followed by Miguel Sano (495 feet) on Aug. 26, 2021, Gary Sanchez (479 feet) on Oct. 6, 2018, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (471 feet) on June 24 this year. It was also Judge’s fifth longest home run in his personal career.
Judge, who hit a home run in four games after the Tampa Bay Rays game on the 22nd, ranked first in both leagues with his 36th of this season. He continued his dominance by widening the gap with Anthony Santander (Baltimore Orioles, 29), who is second in the AL, to seven. Arithmetically, he can hit up to 57 home runs.
According to MLB.com , Judge said after the game, “Even during batting practice, there was always a time when the ball flew in that direction. I could see where the ball went by just watching the replay. I was just happy to score three points,” and added, “It was cool to see my teammates get excited while coming from behind.” Boston manager Alex Cora, who recalled Manny Ramirez, a big player representing Boston in the past, also said, “Jersey is amazing. I haven’t seen a player hit that way since 2007. It was really impressive.”
Despite Judge’s home run, however, the Yankees suffered an upset loss. Immediately after Judge’s come-from-behind three-run homer, he hit a back-to-back home run to Austin Wells’ solo shot to lead the game to 7-4, but was trailing by one point in the bottom of the seventh inning when Luke Weaver, a must-winner of the bullpen, hit a two-run homer by Raphaela.
As the crisis continued with runners on the first and second bases with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Yankees sent in the closing pitcher Clay Holmes early. However, Holmes, who had been unstable with three losses, two saves and an earned run average of 6.75 in the recent 11 games, is in a burdensome situation. Concerns soon became a reality. He allowed his team to tie the game 7-7 due to an RBI double that passed through the middle by Willier Abreu, the first batter. He made his seventh blon save of this season.
Then, Holmes allowed Masataka Yoshida to make a timely hit in a two-run game, and the Yankees lost 7-9 again. Weaver lost the first ⅓ of the inning with two hits (one homer) and one walk, three strikeouts and three runs, but Holmes left a regret by allowing two hits, one strikeout and two runs in the first ⅔ of the inning.토토사이트 추천
In seven games in the second half of the year, including three consecutive losses, the Yankees have lost two games to five, and they are now 60 wins and 45 losses (winning rate of .571). While trailing Baltimore (61 wins and 42 losses, .592), which ranks second in the AL East, by two games, they are trailing Boston (55 wins and 47 losses, .539), which ranks third in overall rankings. “Losing is a loss. Whether we lose by a 15-point margin, a 1-point margin or a 2-point margin, we just have to show ourselves again tomorrow,” Judge said, vowing to overcome back-to-back losses.