Overview
- Aaron Judge homered twice, reaching 360 and 361 career homers to pull even with Joe DiMaggio for fourth on the Yankees’ all-time list.
- The victory moved New York to 81-65, a half-game ahead of the Red Sox for the first AL wild-card spot with 16 games left.
- Rookie Cam Schlittler worked six innings of one-run ball to secure the win in the Bronx.
- Giancarlo Stanton also went deep, giving him 449 career home runs to tie Jeff Bagwell and Vladimir Guerrero Sr. for 41st all-time.
- Judge leads MLB in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and WAR, and he needs four more homers to reach a fourth 50-homer season.