TORONTO — After seven games and eight days without a home run, Aaron Judge made history Wednesday.
After 34 plate appearances, which included being walked 13 times, Yankees slugger hammered his 61st home run of the season off Blue Jays’ lefty Tim Mayza at the Rogers Centre to tie the American League single-season home run record.
Judge reached the plateau 61 years after Roger Maris’ record-setting season with his mother Patty sitting next to Maris’ son right behind home plate. The two-run shot in the seventh inning came on a 3-2, 94-mile an hour sinker. Like Judge has been throughout this chase, he was understated in his celebration. His teammates came out of the dugout, there were hugs and then the game continued.
