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Umpire Strikes Out Aaron Judge on Three Straight Pitches Outside the Strike Zone

Aaron Boone reacting to umpire Lance Barrett’s work behind the plate. | @TalkinYanks

Aaron Judge did not receive a favorable strike zone in his first at-bat against Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello on Friday night. Judge, hitting third in the order for the Yankees' second game of a weekend series against Boston, did not swing at any of the four pitches he saw in the at-bat and none of them were in the zone.

Rather than give Judge a walk, home plate umpire Lance Barrett sent him back to the dugout without having seen so much as a single strike.

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