NEW YORK — Aaron Boone liked what he saw from Aaron Judge on Friday night, even before the first pitch.
"Judgy kind of had that look in his eye tonight," the New York Yankees manager said. "Sometimes he tells me he's got us, but he kind of gave me that look right before the game, like: `I got this.'"
Judge hit a pair of opposite-field home runs and threw out a runner from center field, leading New York over Cleveland 4-1 in the first trip to the Bronx by the renamed Guardians. Reliever Michael King helped keep New York ahead by striking out eight in three innings, fanning his last seven batters.