RF Aaron Judge hit his 51st homer in the first inning of Thursday's loss to Tampa Bay, pushing his career high hitting streak to 11 games. He also has an extra-base hit in eight straight games, the longest by a Yankee since Johnny Damon in 10 straight games in May 2009. Judge is batting .444 in that stretch with each going for extra bases.

RF Aaron Judge reached base in three of four plate appearances with a two-run double and a walk. It marked the 22nd straight game he reached safely and during this stretch Judge is hitting .333 with 26 runs scored, 13 homers, 26 RBIs and 25 walks. He also had an extra-base hit for the seventh straight game. It is the longest streak since OF Johnny Damon did it in 10 straight contests May 4-14, 2009. Judge also reached 111 RBIs, the most by a rookie since Albert Pujols drove in 130 runs for the 2001 St. Louis Cardinals.

RF Aaron Judge reached base for the 21st straight game Tuesday when he doubled and drew a pair of walks. During his second-longest on-base streak, Judge is hitting .329 (23-for-70) with 13 homers, 25 RBIs, 23 walks and 26 runs scored.

NEW YORK -- Aaron Judge tied Mark McGwire's rookie record for homers in the third inning and broke the mark in the seventh as the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 11-3 during a makeup game Monday afternoon.Judge tied McGwire by hitting a full-count fastball from Jakob Junis (8-3) into the back rows of the lower portion of the right-center-field seats just below the bleachers with one out in the third.Judge reached 49 in his 150th game and 525th at-bat. McGwire did it in 151 games and 547 at-bats for the Oakland A's in 1987. In his second attempt at getting the 50th homer, Judge emphatically broke McGwire's mark, hitting a 2-1 breaking ball from Trevor Cahill into the left-center-field seats beyond the Royals bullpen, giving New York a 7-3 lead and becoming the fifth Yankee to reach 50 homers.Greg Bird hit a two-run homer and Gary Sanchez followed Judge's record-breaking homer with his 33rd of the season as the Yankees lowered their magic number for clinching home field in next... [More]

RF Aaron Judge continued his notable rookie season by hitting his 49th and 50th homers during Monday's win over the Kansas City Royals. Judge tied Mark McGwire's 1987 rookie record in the third inning and then broke it in the seventh. Judge also became the fifth Yankee to reach 50 homers and his 108 RBIs are the third-most among Yankee rookies. Only Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio (125, 1936) and Tony Lazzeri (114, 1926) drove in more runs as first-year players. Judge also was named American League Rookie of the Week for the second time Monday and reached base safely for the 20th straight game. In his last 20 games, Judge is hitting .328 (22-for-67) with 13 homers, 25 RBIs, 25 runs scored and 21 walks.

RF Aaron Judge hit his 47th and 48th homers of the season Sunday in the 9-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. He is one short of 1B Mark McGwire's rookie record set in 1987. He has hit five homers in his past six games. He is one of three players to have hit nine homers in one season against the Blue Jays, joining OF Manny Ramirez (2001) and 1B Chris Davis (2012).

RF Aaron Judge struck out for the 200th time this season in the first inning of the 5-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday to set a major league record for a rookie. He is the first player in the majors to reach that plateau this season. Judge was 1-for-4 with a double but ended a 12-game streak with at least one run scored. It was the longest streak in the majors this season and the longest by a Yankee since OF Johnny Damon had a 12-game streak Aug. 17-30, 2006.

RF Aaron Judge hit his 46th homer of the season Friday in the first inning of the 8-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. He and C Gary Sanchez have combined for 78 homers, the most by any duo aged 25 or younger on the same team since 1B Prince Fielder (46) and OF Ryan Braun (32) combined for 78 homers with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2009.

RF Aaron Judge hit his 45th homer and surpassed 100 RBIs with a sacrifice fly Wednesday. He is the fourth Yankee rookie to get at least 100 RBIs in a season. The others are Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio (125, 1936), Tony Lazzeri (114, 1926) and Hideki Matsui (106, 2003). He also became the eighth Yankee to reach the century mark in runs scored, RBIs and walks. The others are Hall of Famers Lou Gehrig (11 times), Babe Ruth (10 times) and Mickey Mantle (three times) as well as Charlie Keller (two times), Jason Giambi (2002), Bernie Williams (1999) and George Selkirk (1939).

MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton drilled his major-league-leading 55th homer to lead the Miami Marlins to a 13-1 win over the New York Mets on Monday.It was Miami's first game at Marlins Park since Sept. 6, with three contests were moved to Milwaukee due to Hurricane Irma. The Marlins won for just the fourth time in their past 21 games.Stanton's homer traveled 455 feet and was clocked at 114 mph. He went 2-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBIs. After not going deep since Sept. 9, Stanton has now launched the most homers by a National League player since Ryan Howard hit 58 for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2006.New York's Matt Harvey (5-6) took the loss after allowing a season-high 12 hits, two walks and seven runs in four innings.Yankees 2, Twins 1NEW YORK -- Aroldis Chapman recorded the final five outs after Dellin Betances loaded the bases in the eighth inning as New York held to beat Minnesota.Chapman entered after Betances was booed off the mound for hitting Robbie Grossman with a pitch... [More]

RF Aaron Judge hit his 44th home run in Monday's win over the Minnesota Twins. Since 1962, Judge, Alex Rodriguez (54 homers, 2007, 48 homers, 2005) and Tino Martinez (44 homers, 1997) are the only Yankees to reach 44 homers in a season. He also became the fourth Yankee to hit at least 28 homers at home, joining Roger Maris (30, 1961) as well as Hall of Famers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

RF Aaron Judge scored his 31st run against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday in the eighth inning. He is the first player to score at least 31 times against an opponent since Hall of Famer Ted Williams scored 31 runs in 1947 for the Boston Red Sox against the St. Louis Browns.

RF Aaron Judge was 0-for-2 with a pair of walks but scored each time after getting those free passes. Judge is up to 29 runs scored against Baltimore. He is the first player to score at least 29 runs against one team since Mickey Mantle scored 30 times in 1956 against the Kansas City Athletics during the Hall of Famer's triple crown campaign.

RF Aaron Judge continued to thrive against Orioles' pitching when he blasted a pair of three-run homers and tied a career best with six RBIs in Thursday's 13-5 win. In the 16 games against the Orioles, Judge is batting .472 (25-for-53) with 11 homers, 24 RBIs, 27 runs scored. He also owns an OPS of 1.781 after tying a career high with six RBIs and recording his first career multi-homer game. Judge also is the second rookie to get at least 11 homers vs. one opponent in a season according to STATS. The other was Hal Trosky who homered 11 times in 22 games against the White Sox for the Indians in 1934.

CLEVELAND -- Jay Bruce's RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, extending the Indians' American League-record winning streak to 22 games.It is the second-longest winning streak in major league history, trailing only the 26-game run by the 1916 New York Giants. The 1935 Chicago Cubs and the 1880 Chicago White Stockings had 21-game runs. The walk-off win was the first for the Indians during their streak, in which they have outscored their opponents 142-37.After Cleveland tied it at 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth with a two-out, two-strike RBI double by Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez led off the bottom of the 10th with a hustle double to center field off Brandon Maurer (2-2). It was Ramirez's fourth hit of the game.Edwin Encarnacion drew a walk before Bruce hit a line drive down the right field line for a double.Twins 3, Blue Jays 2 (10 innings)MINNEAPOLIS -- Byron Buxton hit his first career walk-off home... [More]

CLEVELAND -- Jay Bruce's RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night, extending the Indians' American League-record winning streak to 22 games.It is the second-longest winning streak in major league history, trailing only the 26-game run by the 1916 New York Giants. The 1935 Chicago Cubs and the 1880 Chicago White Stockings had 21-game runs. It was the first walk-off win by the Indians during their streak, in which they have outscored their opponents 142-37.After Cleveland tied it at 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth with a two-out, two-strike RBI double by Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez led off the bottom of the 10th with a hustle double to center field off Brandon Maurer (2-2). It was Ramirez's fourth hit of the game.Edwin Encarnacion drew a walk before Bruce hit a line drive down the right field line for a double.Twins 3, Blue Jays 2 (10 innings)MINNEAPOLIS -- Byron Buxton hit his first career walk-off... [More]

OF Aaron Judge had a record-setting day on Sunday. He drew his 107th walk of the season in the second inning. That gave him the major-league record for walks by a rookie in a season. He had shared the record with Cleveland's Les Fleming (1942). Judge then homered as part of the six-run fourth inning to give him 40 for the season. He's the second rookie to have at least 40 homers in a season, joining Mark McGwire who hit 49 in 1987 with Oakland. Judge wasn't done as he hit another homer in the sixth inning. He also became just the fifth New York player to hit at last 40 homers in a season by age 25, joining Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio. "Pretty surreal," Judge said. "Never as a kid did I think that I would be in the same sentence with those guys. It's quite an honor. It's pretty humbling."

OF Aaron Judge drew his 106th walk of the season in the second inning. That walk allowed Judge to tie Cleveland's Les Fleming for the major-league record for walks by a rookie. Fleming drew 106 walks in 1942.

RF Aaron Judge hadn't seen much to hit in this series, a big reason he drew five walks, including one on Thursday. He finally got a good pitch to hit in the first against RHP Kevin Gausman, and sent it over the fence in center, giving New York a 3-0 lead. Judge now has 39 homers and 87 RBIs - with nine homers and 18 RBIs versus Baltimore."There have been a couple of at-bats this series that they left a couple over the middle that I just either missed or didn't swing at," he said. "My mind-set today was to go in there and be aggressive and try and use the middle of the field."

CHICAGO -- Corey Kluber struck out 13, and Erik Gonzalez hit two of Cleveland's five homers as the Cleveland Indians won a franchise-record 15th straight game, beating the Chicago White Sox 11-2 on Thursday night.Edwin Encarnacion, Francisco Lindor and Greg Allen also went deep for Cleveland. Kluber (15-4) allowed three hits and two runs while walking one over seven innings.Gonzalez, who homered in the third and ninth innings, drove in four runs. Allen hit his first career home run as part of a three-run seventh inning. Lindor went 3-for-6 with three runs and finished a double shy of hitting for the cycle.Chicago's Mike Pelfrey (3-11), who started after Carlos Rodon was forced to miss his scheduled start with shoulder stiffness, gave up seven runs and eight hits over four innings.Rockies 9, Dodgers 1LOS ANGELES -- Nolan Arenado hit a three-run homer three batters into the game as Colorado handed Los Angeles its seventh straight loss.The Dodgers still own the best record in baseball at 92-48,... [More]