BALTIMORE — Aaron Judge set another record, albeit a fairly obscure one.
No wonder he tried to shift the focus to another big win for the New York Yankees.
Judge set a franchise record Saturday with his 34th home run before the All-Star break. Roger Maris hit 33 before the break in 1961, the year he finished with a major league record of 61. Judge also hit 33 before the All-Star break in 2022 and went on to hit 62, breaking what had become an American League full-season mark held by Maris.
Judge's drive Saturday came in a 6-1 victory at Baltimore that moved the Yankees within percentage points of the Orioles atop the AL East.