Aaron Judge has never been known for hitting a home run on a wall-rubbing homerun, but on Tuesday night at the short right field fence in the Bronx, he experienced the most thrilling home run of his career — a 326-foot two-point shot from rescue pitcher Caleb Boushley for the shortest home run of his career (only at Fenway Park, Oracle Stadium and George W. Brown). M. Steinbrenner Field formed a home run). The 16th hit in the American League helped the Yankees beat the Rangers 5-2, winning 9 of their last 12 games, a record win percentage this season.
"I blew desperately to get it over the wall," Judge laughed, "and it counts as a 500-foot home run anyway." "
Head coach Aaron Boone analyzed: "The muzzle velocity of the ball is sufficient, plus crosswind assistance. Judge's batting average rose to 0.403 after this fight. But the focus of the night was on rookie pitcher Will Warren and heavy gunner Ben Rice.
Warren hit a career-high with 10 strikeouts and hit five hits and one in five innings. Marcus Semien faced off against Marcus Semien in two outs in six innings, and he struck out with his 101st ball, a two-seam speedball.
"It's so cool," Warren said, "to give it my all every time I get on the board." Judge recalls watching his cowpen practice in Tampa a few years ago and had a hunch: "This kid is not easy. "
Warren, who averaged 10.32 per inning 22.2 innings last year, has transformed this season, ranking third in the American League with 11.57 strikeouts per nine innings (behind Cole Ragance and Tariq Skubal). Secret? "Attack the good ball belt, execute the strategy. "
Rangers starter Patrick Corbin became Rice's prey. In the second inning, Boone predicted before the game that "you can get him", and Rice hit a left-to-left shot to the stands (the 10th of the season). In the fourth game, he hit a strong level flight of 111mph and was killed by Meiji, and still contributed to the point with the sacrifice of Gao Fei.
According to Statcast, Rice's batting percentage (57.8%) this season has skyrocketed by 21.1% compared to last year, and his muzzle velocity of 93.8mph has increased by 3.8%. "He's working with veterans like Giancarlo Stanton to polish his image as an all-around attacker," Judge praised. "
In six innings, Oswald Peraza flew over the third base canvas parapet to catch Josh Smith's throw-in to add to the brilliant defense.