The Yankees judge, who is a strong candidate for this season's league MVP = Most Valuable Player along with Major League Baseball and Angels Shohei Otani, hit two home runs in the Red Sox game, bringing the number of home runs to 57, and the season There are 20 games left to reach the league record of 61 and 4 more.
The Yankees judge started in the match against the Red Sox in Boston on the 13th as No. 1 and center, and hit the 56th solo home run for the first time in six games in the third at-bat in six innings chasing one point. rice field.
In the 4th at-bat of the 8th inning, when he was chasing 1 point again, he hit a big hit over the high left field wall "Green Monster", which is a specialty of Fenway Park, and hit the No. 57 solo home run, which was his second at-bat in a row. .
With this, Judge is four short of the American League record of 61 in a season set by fellow Yankee Roger Mullis in 1961.
There are 20 games left in the regular season, and if the pace continues, it will be 65, which is the momentum to break the league record for the first time in 61 years.
Judge has been hitting home runs at an astonishing pace this season and is a strong contender for MVP of the season along with Ohtani.