NEW YORK -- Yankees slugger Aaron Judge's 79 extra-base hits ranked as the seventh-most in the Majors during the regular season, but none of those came on ground balls, nor did any of his extra-base hits during his brief 2016 debut. That changed on Wednesday, as Judge connected on an RBI double in the third inning off Astros ace Dallas Keuchel on a hard-hit grounder down the left-field line to give the Yanks a 2-0 lead in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series.
With Brett Gardner at first base and one out, Judge connected on an inside 1-1 cutter from Keuchel and ripped it past third baseman Alex Bregman.