Aaron Judge hit two home runs to tie Hall of Fame outfielder Joe DiMaggio for fourth place in Yankees history as New York beat the Detroit Tigers 9-3 on Thursday night, averting a three-game sweep.
On the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, President Donald Trump attended the game and watched from a suite on the third base side.
Judge homered off Tyler Holton (5-5) in the first inning and matched DiMaggio by launching his 361st career homer with a 434-foot drive to the back of the Detroit bullpen off Sawyer Gipson-Long in the third.
The two-time AL MVP had his sixth multi-homer game this season and pulled even with DiMaggio two nights after passing Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra for fifth on the franchise list.
Judge had three hits and ended the night with a major league-best .322 batting average, three points ahead of Athletics rookie shortstop Jacob Wilson.
Giancarlo Stanton followed Judge’s second solo shot with his 449th homer, tying Hall of Famers Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Jeff Bagwell for 41st on the career list.
Including the postseason, it was the 56th time Judge and Stanton homered in the same game and fifth time this season.
New York rookie Cam Schlittler (3-3) bounced back from his worst start and allowed one run on three hits in six innings. Ryan Yarbrough pitched three innings for his fourth big league save and first this season.
Yankees RHP Luis Gil (3-1, 3.31 ERA) opposes Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (10-3, 3.38) on Friday.
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