THE NEW JOURNAL, NEW YORK — If ever there was a player who could single-handedly put a team on its back, even in the midst of its deepest depression in decades, it would be Aaron Judge.
With the possibility of his club’s first 10-game losing streak since 1913 looming dangerously close, the Yankees captain hit his first career three-homer game in New York’s 9-1 win over the Nationals on Wednesday. at night at Yankee Stadium.
Just hours earlier, general manager Brian Cashman admitted that while this season has been a “disaster,” the Yankees still had something to play for, saying, “What I hope is that we continue to find ways to do whatever is at our reach”. power to compete.
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Enter Judge, who he signed to a nine-year, $360 million contract extension in December.
Judge, New York’s designated hitter that night, homered in his first two plate appearances (a solo shot in the first inning and a grand slam in the second) and then added another solo shot in the seventh.
Judge’s first home run snapped a streak of 61 consecutive innings in which the Yankees had not led. His second of his, the fifth Grand Slam of his career, ensured that his historic losing streak would likely be broken as well. His third gave him the 34th three-homer game in franchise history; he is the 25th player to register one and the first since Anthony Rizzo on April 26, 2022.
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