Judge in select home run club
Aaron Judge homered twice Sunday in the New York Yankees’ seriesclinching 16-7 win at Texas, becoming the second major league rookie with a 40-homer season.
The 25-year-old also joined Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe Dimaggio and Mickey Mantle as the lone Yankees to hit 40 homers at age 25 or younger.
Mark Mcgwire hit a league-high 49 homers as a rookie for Oakland in 1987. Judge leads the American League this season with 41.
Judge had his fourth multihomer game this year and first since June
11. He has four home runs in seven games since breaking a homerless skid of 57 at-bats and 15 games that stretched to Aug. 16.
Judge’s second homer Sunday ricocheted off a facade high above the Yankees’ bullpen in leftcenter field. That drive in the sixth would have gone 463 feet unimpeded, according to MLB’S Statcast.
Cardinals: Outfielder Tommy Pham, a Durango High School product, was held out of St. Louis’ lineup because of a recurrence of keratoconus, a rare eye disorder that causes degenerative vision problems. He has used new contacts this season that seemingly had fixed the issue.
Rangers: Second baseman Rougned Odor exited Texas’ loss to the Yankees with a left ankle sprain. Precautionary X-rays came back negative, and he will be re-evaluated Monday. Also, right-handed reliever Matt Bush (right knee sprain was activated from the disabled list.
Rockies: Spring
Valley High School product Tyler Anderson, who had been out since late June following arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, was activated from the disabled list. The lefthander will work in relief, manager Bud Black said.
Pirates: Righthanders Tyler Glasnow, Johnny Barbato and Edgar Santana, left-hander Jack Leathersich and catcher Jacob Stallings were recalled from Indianapolis, and left-hander Dan Runzler’s contract was purchased from the Triple-a club.
Mariners: Righthander Felix Hernandez (right shoulder bursitis) will rejoin Seattle’s rotation Thursday, and left-hander James Paxton (pectoral strain) will return Friday, manager Scott Servais said.
Astros: Catcher
Juan Centeno, who was struck in the mask by
Jed Lowrie’s backswing Saturday in the first half of Houston’s doubleheader at Oakland, was diagnosed with a mild concussion.
Diamondbacks:
First baseman/outfielder Christian Walker’s contract was purchased from Triple-a Reno, where he batted .309 with 32 home runs and 114 RBIS this season.
Marlins: The radio broadcast of Miami’s 11-inning loss at Atlanta was knocked off the air because of technical problems at its flagship station caused by
Hurricane Irma.
Mets: Second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera (right ankle contusion) exited New York’s loss to Cincinnati after being hit by a pitch. X-rays were negative.
Cubs: Catcher Willson Contreras (right hamstring strain) was activated from the disabled list.