All rise!
Aaron Judge delivered in another big moment with the game on the line for the Yankees. In a scoreless game in the bottom of the ninth inning, Judge blasted a walk-off solo shot deep into left-center to give the Yankees the 1–0 victory against the Royals on Thursday.
Judge notched his 39th home run of the season and now has the third-most home runs in a team’s first 100 games since 2000, behind Barry Bonds (42) homers and Luis Gonzalez (40) in ’01, according to ESPN Stats and Info. He has also recorded the third-most home runs by a Yankees player before August in a season, sitting behind Roger Maris, who recorded 40 in 1961, and Babe Ruth’s 41 in ’28.