Aaron Judge capped a spectacular May by homering twice in his first game in San Francisco and the New York Yankees beat the Giants on Friday night.
SAN FRANCISCO — Aaron Judge grew up watching San Francisco Giants games on television and in person, imagining himself launching long balls like Barry Bonds.In his first game here, he did his best Bonds impression.Judge capped a spectacular May by homering twice in his first game in San Francisco and the New York Yankees beat the Giants 6-2 on Friday night.'I think it was rounding the bases.
His 26 extra-base hits are the most by any Yankees player in a month since Joe DiMaggio had 31 in July 1937 and this is just the eighth time since the end of World War II that any player in the majors had that many extra-base hits in any month.Judge's bat has helped carry the Yankees to 14 wins in their last 18 games, as they have become the fourth team ever to reach 40 wins before June 1.
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