Sometimes, there are normal baseball games, and sometimes, there are special baseball games. On Tuesday night, the Yankees played a special baseball game.
First, Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run of the season Tuesday night to tie Babe Ruth for second-most in Yankees and American League history. He became the sixth player all-time to reach 60 home runs in a single season, and the first in the AL and for the Yankees since Roger Maris in 1961.
What made the homer even more special was that it was the beginning of a huge comeback. The blast came in the ninth inning with the Yankees down 8–4 to the Pirates. Leading off the inning by facing Pittsburgh reliever Will Crowe, Judge drilled a 3-1 fastball to the left field seats to cut the Pirates’ lead to three.
