Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hit the 58th home run of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) season. He’s been cannon for five games in a row. With three games left in the regular season, it will be interesting to see if he can reach 60.
Judge batted third and played center field in a home game against the Baltimore Orioles on July 27th. He hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning with a 7-0 lead. With the bases loaded and one out, he took a 154.5-mile-per-hour fastball up the middle from opposing pitcher Brian Baker. The ball sailed over the center field fence at Yankee Stadium. It traveled about 120 meters.
After striking out in the first inning, Judge drew walks in the fourth and sixth innings. It looked like a home run was out of reach, but in his fourth at-bat, 파워볼실시간 he fired up the cannon.
Starting on Aug. 22 against the Oakland Athletics, Judge homered in five straight games. He went 16 games without a home run from Aug. 27 to Sept. 13. However, he started up again on Sept. 14 with his 52nd homer, and he’s been on a five-game homer streak lately. He is on pace to reach 60 homers for the second time in his career, joining the 62 he hit in 2022.