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Aaron Judge Delivers vs. Dodgers After Promising to Hit a Home Run for a Fan

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge made good on a pregame promise to a fan during Sunday night's game against the Dodgers.

Ahead of the matchup, Judge was speaking with a fan and said, "I'll hit one for you tonight."

Aaron Judge promised this fan a home run.

He delivered in the third inning u2764ufe0f

(via @R2C2, @uninterrupted) pic.twitter.com/HgdscxPR5K— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) August 26, 2019

Well, Judge is a man of his word. With two outs in the third inning, the rightfielder crushed a solo shot to centerfield off Clayton Kershaw to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.