Judge ties team rookie HR mark
Yankees legend DiMaggio set record for season in 1936.
Aaron Judge tied Joe DiMaggio’s New York Yankees record for home runs by a rookie — before the AllStar break.
Judge hit a two-run homer into the Yankees’ bullpen in right-center in the fourth inning of Wednesday’s 7-6 loss to visiting Toronto, his major league-leading 29th home run of the season.
DiMaggio set the Yankees rookie mark in 1936. Judge reached it in New York’s 83rd game of the season.
“Any time you’re in the sentence as someone like DiMaggio is pretty incredible,” Judge said. “It’s quite an honor.”
The only other rookies to hit 29 homers before the All-Star break were Mark McGwire in 1987 (33) and Jose Abreu in 2014 (29).
Judge is hitting .331 with 65 RBIs and 104 strikeouts.
Indians: Manager Terry Francona, 58, remains at the Cleveland Clinic undergoing tests to determine what has made him light-headed and increased his heart rate over the past month. He was admitted to the hospital Tuesday. It’s unclear when he’ll be discharged or if he’ll be able to manage the AL All-Star team next week.
Dodgers: Hyun-Jin Ryu was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a bruised left foot. He was hit on the foot by a comebacker last week against the Angels. The South Korean left-hander is 3-6 with one save and a 4.21 ERA. Right-hander Ross Stripling was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Angels: Reliever Huston Street was placed on the 10-day DL with a strained right groin. Street’s injury comes just four appearances after he made his season debut. He missed the first 11 weeks of the season with shoulder problems.
Twins: Left-hander Hector Santiago was placed on the 10-day DL with upper back pain, and right-hander Alan Busenitz was recalled from Triple-A Rochester.
Rangers: Shortstop Elvis Andrus was placed on the paternity leave list, and infielder Jurickson Profar was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock.
Diamondbacks: Outfielder Yasmany Tomas sustained another groin injury during his rookie-level rehab game last weekend. He was rehabbing his original groin injury when the new one occurred. An MRI showed the latest injury is a mild groin strain in a different area than the original.
Athletics: Rajai Davis had a career high-tying four steals Wednesday. Davis is the first A’s player with four steals in one game since Coco Crisp on Aug. 6, 2011. The franchise record is five, shared by major league stolen base record-holder Rickey Henderson and Bert Campaneris.
Rays: Second baseman Brad Miller (right groin strain) is expected to come off the DL this weekend. Miller is on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham.
Astros: All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa was out of the lineup Wednesday with a sore left thumb. Correa left Tuesday’s win after jamming his thumb on a headfirst slide at the plate in the fourth inning.
Cardinals: St. Louis pinch hitters entered play Wednesday leading the majors with a .348 average (40 for 115). Jose Martinez has a team-high six pinch hits in 14 at-bats. Rookie Luke Voit is 3 for 3.