NEW YORK – Aaron Judge was left homeless for a third straight game, keeping him stuck at 60 for the season, one less than Roger Maris’ American League record, even though the New York Yankees topped Friday 5-4 against the Boston Red Sox.
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Jose Trevino scored in the tiebreak with two outs in the eighth inning. The Yankees, leaders of the American League East, have reduced their “magic number” of games to five to secure the division title.
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The slugger has two games left to match Maris’ mark during his stay at the Yankees on Saturday and Sunday, even against arch rival Boston.
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Next, the Yankees will travel to Toronto and have only three home games left, from September 30 to October 2 against Baltimore.
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Since Tuesday night, when he hit Pittsburgh for the 60th home run of the season, the closest judge has come to equal the record set by Maris in 1961 was with a drive that took the ball 404 feet off the plate, right in front of the fencing of the central court on Thursday evening.
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One night after the Yankees clinched their sixth consecutive playoff spot, ace Gerrit Cole and manager Aaron Boone were sent off for an argument with pot umpire Brian Knight in the sixth inning.
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Nicaraguan Jonathan Loáisiga (2-3) solved two goalless chapters, taking the win, despite conceding a couple of singles with one eliminated in the 90th inning.
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The defeat went to Matt Strahm (3-4).
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For the Red Sox, Puerto Rican Kiké Hernández 4-2 with a point scored. Dominicans Rafael Deves 3-0 with one point scored, Abraham Almonte 1-0. The Mexican Alex Verdugo 4-2 with a point scored and three products.
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For the Yankees, Venezuelans Gleyber Torres 3-1 with two RBI, Oswaldo Cabrera 3-1, Marwin González 3-0 with one point scored.
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