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Aaron Judge Ties DiMaggio With 361st Homer as Yankees Beat Tigers 9-3

The win nudges New York into the top AL wild-card slot entering a Fenway Park series.

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.