NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Yankees captain Aaron Judge hit his 359th career home run in the first inning Tuesday night against the Detroit Tigers, breaking a tie with Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra for fifth place on the franchise list.<\/p>\n
Judge drove a full-count splitter from Casey Mize to right-center field, giving New York a 1-0 lead. The slugger\u2019s 44th homer of the season had an exit velocity of 110.6 mph and traveled 412 feet.<\/p>\n
Judge matched Berra on Aug. 31 in a 3-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox when he hit a solo homer against Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez.<\/p>\n
Hall of Famers Babe Ruth (659 homers), Mickey Mantle (536), Lou Gehrig (493) and Joe DiMaggio (361) are ahead of Judge on the Yankees\u2019 career homers list.<\/p>\n
Judge was selected by New York in the first round of the 2013 amateur draft and homered in his first at-bat with the Yankees on Aug. 13, 2016. Berra was 90 when he died in 2015.<\/p>\n
Judge homered in his third game back in right field after not playing the outfield since July 25 because of a strained flexor tendon in his right elbow. He has thrown gingerly since returning to the field but also made a diving catch on a sinking liner by George Springer in the fourth inning of Sunday\u2019s 4-3 victory over Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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