NEW YORK – Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge continues to show who’s the boss in the batter’s box. In Sunday’s 11-7 loss to the Red Sox, Judge went 3-for-4 with two home runs, four RBIs and raised his batting average to a Major League-leading .396.

It was Judge’s 43rd multi-homer game tying Lou Gehrig for the third-most multi-HR games by a Yankee in franchise history, trailing only Babe Ruth (68) and Mickey Mantle (46). Judge’s 43 multi-HR games are the most by any Major League player through his first 1,057 career games. 

 

“He has been doing it all the time. That’s why he is probably the best hitter on the planet right now and he has been doing it for multiple years, too. It’s not just a one-night thing,” teammate Paul Goldschmidt said. “We are almost in awe of him. He just shows up every day, plays hard and gives us a chance.”        

Judge didn’t have much to say about what he accomplished because the Yankees lost the three-game series to Boston, 2-1.

“It would have been sweet if [we had] a win,” Judge said. “I try not to think about it. I just try to do my job there. I don’t have much [to say]. When you are mentioned with those legends, it’s quite an honor, but it would have been sweet to talk about it after a win.”       

One thing can be said about Judge: He eliminates the noise that surrounds the Bronx Bombers. Before Sunday’s game, for example, Red Sox right-hander Hunter Dobbins told the Boston Herald, “If the Yankees were the last team to give me a contract, I’d retire.”

Judge didn’t respond to the statement until the first inning when he swung at the first pitch from Dobbins and hit the ball over the right field wall for a two-run homer.

“I didn’t hear anything about [Dobbins statement] until Eduardo Perez [from EPSN] told me before the game,” Judge said. “I’ve only heard Ken Griffey [Jr.] say that, so I was a little surprised.”

Judge then hit his second homer of the night in the ninth, a two-run shot off reliever Robert Stock to cut the deficit to four runs.

“[Judge] had a really good night – just a-bat wise,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Just two impressive blows the other way. You don’t see balls hit like that go the other way very often. Judge like to play in these games. I think you saw a great player having a great night.”