Offensively, it was a good night for the Yankees, with homers by Aaron Judge, Juan Soto and Anthony Rizzo in Wednesday's 7-3 win against the Oakland Athletics.
Whenever Aaron Judge and Juan Soto hit home runs in a game, good things happen for the Yankees. That was the case Wednesday night in a 7-3 victory over the Athletics at Yankee Stadium. With the victory,
No one is immune to booing at Yankee Stadium. Not even the captain on his bobblehead day. Aaron Judge is struggling through an early-season slump, and Yankees fans didn’t hide their displeasure as they booed the the guy who holds the AL home run record on Saturday when he went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts.
Hours before the game, Brian Cashman surveyed a struggling Yankees offense and essentially shrugged. The general manager had watched many of the club’s best bats go silent in the first weeks of the season and expressed zero concern in a sport in which consistency is near impossible.
Joe Boyle thought he caught Aaron Judge looking. With the Yankees’ center fielder facing a 1-2 count, the Athletics’ starter fired a 99-mph fastball to the lower, outside corner of the plate in the first inning.
One first-inning pitch that didn’t count got the Yankees off and running Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium. With Juan Soto on first base and one out, Aaron Judge didn’t swing at a 1-2 fastball from Athletics starter Joe Boyle that caught the outside corner.
Aaron Judge is a slugger with style. Whether he’s in Yankees or Ralph Lauren pinstripes, the 6-foot-7 outfielder, team captain and five-time Major League Baseball All-Star looks like a winner. Of course,
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the first inning after Oakland starting pitcher Joe Boyle was called for a balk on the previous pitch and the New York Yankees beat the Athletics 7-3
Aaron Judge is struggling and Yankees fans are ready to make him pay for it. On Tuesday, ESPN’s “The Michael Kay Show” received calls from fans calling for the Yankees captain to be benched. The show’s host,
Aaron Judge began to show signs he’s ready to bust out of his season-long funk Tuesday night. The slugging outfielder doubled and squared up a few other balls in the Yankees’ 4-3 win over the A’s, perhaps an indication the former MVP is primed to start to resemble the player the Yankees have come to expect.
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