Jersey's alive! Breaking a week of silence, 41 shots exploded, 50 home runs, and NYY has won four consecutive games

Aug 28, 2025

Jersey's alive! Breaking a week of silence, 41 shots exploded, 50 home runs, and NYY has won four consecutive games
New York Yankees Aaron Judge hits a two-run home run in the middle of the third inning against the Washington Nationals at Yankee Stadium on the 28th (Korea time). Photo = MLB.TV Capture



Jersey's alive! Breaking a week of silence, 41 shots exploded, 50 home runs, and NYY has won four consecutive games
New York Yankees Aaron Judge. ImagesYonhap News
Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees fired a thrilling home run in eight days. It laid the groundwork for leading the AL MVP competition.

Judge played as the third designated hitter in the home game against the Washington Nationals at Yankee Stadium on the 28th (Korea time), and led the team to an 11-2 victory by swinging two hits, two RBIs and two runs from four times at bat, including his 41st home run of the season.

On the same day, Seattle Mariners Cal Raleigh had no hits in three at-bats against the San Diego Padres, staying at 50 home runs, narrowing the gap with Judge to nine. However, Raleigh hit two home runs in the game against the Athletics on the 25th, setting a record for the most home runs in a season for a catcher, and in the game against San Diego on the 26th, he occupied the 50 home runs mark and began to lead Judge in the MVP race.




In the MVP mock vote announced by MLB.com on the 26th, 22 of 37 experts voted for Raleigh and 15 for Judge, respectively. This is the first time Raleigh has overtaken Judge in this ranking.

However, Judge hit a home run on the day and drove it back to a close game. Judge still ranks first in both leagues in batting average (0.323), on-base percentage (0.439), slugging percentage (0.668), and OPS (1.107). He continues to be the MVP with 41 home runs, 95 RBIs, 104 points and 91 walks.

Jersey's alive! Breaking a week of silence, 41 shots exploded, 50 home runs, and NYY has won four consecutive games
Aaron Judge welcomes Trent Grisham, who hit a home run in the bottom of the first inning. AP Yonhap News
Judge got on base in the bottom of the first inning after being hit on the left arm by Washington starter Cade Kirbali's 96-mile fastball with no outs, but he couldn't get any closer because Cody Belizer's infield hit sent him to second base and the subsequent three hitters struck out, struck out, and was out with a straight hit to third base.




Judge hit a home run in the third inning with a 1-0 lead. In the third inning of the offense, the Yankees scored nine points by combining eight hits, three walks, and interference with the opponent's batting, with 15 hitters, including Judge, Bellinger, Ryan McMahon and Ben Rice hitting home runs.

Judge hit a knuckle curve that fell to the middle of 85.8 miles on the third pitch from the two-strike against Kerbali, one out and one out, and connected it with a two-run shot that flew well over the center fence at 31 degrees and 107.2 miles. It was his 41st home run of the season with a flying distance of 424 feet.

It is the first time in eight days that Judge hit a home run since he hit a solo shot against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first inning on the 20th.




The Yankees' batting lineup, whose home run became a catalyst, continued for 37 minutes and 40 seconds.

Following Judge, Bellinger drew a back-to-back arch with a solo shot in right-center, and Jason Dominguez's ground rule double to right-center added a point. The Yankees, who ran 8-0 with McMahon's three-run home run, later added two runs with Ben Rice's solo home run and finished the inning. Judge homered after adding a left-handed hit after Rice's home run. That's why he scored twice in the third inning alone.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Austin Wells scored the last point of the day with a superior two-run shot. After that, the game didn't mean much.

Jersey's alive! Breaking a week of silence, 41 shots exploded, 50 home runs, and NYY has won four consecutive games
Yankees starter Max Fried won 14 games this season. AP Yonhap News
Yankees starter Max Fried succeeded in winning 14 games (5 losses) of the season by giving up four hits and two walks in seven innings and blocking one run. The ERA was lowered to 3.06, and he added six strikeouts to mark 154 for the season.

The Yankees, who have won four consecutive games, including this three-game sweep against Washington, have marked 73 wins and 60 losses and maintained their third place in the AL East. The Boston Red Sox, the second-largest in the district and the first wild card, beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on the day, still 0.5 games behind the Yankees.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.