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Yankees beat Red Sox, 5-4, push win streak to five games

NEW YORK — The crowd packed Yankee Stadium to see home runs Friday night. With Aaron Judge one homer away from tying the 61-year-old American League and Yankees record of 61, the ballpark saw homers, but not the ones they wanted. An eighth-inning RBI-single from Jose Trevino rallied the Yankees…

Tribune News Service · Sep 24, 2022

The Undeniable Thrill of Waiting for Aaron Judge to Hit 62

I’ve never experienced anything like the atmosphere at Yankee Stadium the last three nights. The Yankees won all three games, the first on a walk-off grand slam and the third via a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning to clinch a playoff berth. Yet, all of that felt secondary…

Sports Illustrated · Sep 23, 2022

Guardians sweep White Sox

White Sox (76-74) lose 4-2, fall seven games behind AL Central leaders with 12 games to play.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 23, 2022

Aaron Judge hits 60th homer, within 1 of Maris' AL record

Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run, matching Babe Ruth and moving within one of Roger Maris’ American League season record

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Larry Stone: Why Mariners' Scott Servais should win AL manager of year

On June 19 you could have gotten much better odds that Scott Servais would be the third manager fired in 2022 (after the Phillies' Joe Girardi and Angels' Joe Maddon) than him winning American League Manager of the Year.

Tribune News Service · Sep 21, 2022

Two of baseball's biggest stars are closing in on major home run marks

The Yankees' Aaron Judge and the Cardinals' Albert Pujols are each closing in on a major home run milestone, bringing life to every at-bat as their teams near the end of the regular season.

WEKU · Sep 20, 2022

Brandon Woodruff shuts down Aaron Judge, Yankees as Brewers get 4-1 win

MILWAUKEE — The Yankees are expecting reinforcements soon, but with 17 games left in the regular season the question is do they have enough time to be a playoff contender. Saturday night, they didn’t look like it as Willy Adames and the Brewers beat them again, this one a 4-1…

Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022

The MLB Playoff Race Is Getting Wild With Three Weeks to Go

We are three weeks away from the start of the playoffs, with the first game of all four wild-card series scheduled back-to-back-to-back. You can be sure that MLB will market the event as baseball’s version of the first day of March Madness. (Fall Frenzy, anyone?) But regardless of how well…

Sports Illustrated · Sep 16, 2022

Aaron Judge inching closer to breaking Maris’ record, hits home runs 56 and 57 in 7-6 win against Red Sox

Opposing teams still choose to pitch to Aaron Judge and he keeps hitting bombs.

Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022

Aaron Judge Inches Closer to History With Homers 56, 57

The MVP favorite’s pursuit of the American League home run record got a big boost on Tuesday.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 14, 2022