Overview
- Stanton’s two-out, three-run homer in the first off Tomoyuki Sugano at Camden Yards staked New York to a 3-0 lead.
- Statcast measured the drive at 104.2 mph off the bat with an estimated distance of 358 feet.
- He became the fifth-fastest player to reach 450 homers, getting there in his 1,719th game, per YES Network.
- Stanton now leads all active players in career home runs and is the only active member of the 400-homer club, with Mike Trout at 399 entering the day.
- The Yankees won 6-1 as Aaron Judge hit his 49th homer and Carlos Rodón worked seven strong innings, pulling New York within two games of Toronto, which holds the tiebreaker with seven games remaining.