MLB: Aaron Judge hits his 49th homer of the season in Yankees win

Aaron Judge homered in his fourth straight game to move closer to the 50-homer mark in the New York Yankees’ 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

Judge, who has hit five home runs in his last four outings, will reach the 50-homer mark for the third time in his career in his next bomb, as he now has 49.

If he keeps up the pace, he will finish the season with 61 home runs, one shy of his career-high of 62, set in 2022.

Limited to four home runs in his first 27 games of the season, Judge has found his feet since late April and has now hit 45 home runs in 100 games.

Giancarlo Stanton also homered in New York’s win for the second straight game. His 22nd home run of the season gave the Yankees the lead in the fourth inning.

With the Yankees leading 2-0 in the sixth inning, Judge sent Kyle Freeland’s pitch 388 feet to left to extend his team’s lead.

This is the second time this season that Judge has hit the long ball in four straight games. He also did so between May 22 and May 25.

On the mound for New York, starter Carlos Rodon limited the Rockies to four hits in six innings, while striking out five batters. Freeland allowed five hits and three runs in six and two-thirds innings.

On Saturday, the Yankees will try to extend their winning streak to four games in Game 2 of the series against the Rockies.

An interior circuit for PCA

Pete Crow-Armstrong wowed the crowd with an inside homer in the Chicago Cubs’ 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins.

In the top of the third inning, Crow-Armstrong hit a ball just out of the right fielder’s reach. Crow-Armstrong then attacked the plate and just beat the throw to score a diving infield homer.

Crow-Armstrong took just 14.8 seconds to complete the lap of the trails. According to Bleacher Reportit would be the fastest race this season to go around the trails.

Ian Happ and Miguel Amaya also hit the long ball in the Cubs’ victory, though not inside the stadium.

Otto Lopez hit a home run for the Marlins and walked a single.

Elsewhere in MLB:

Cincinnati 5 – Pittsburgh 6
CIN : Santiago Espinal had three hits and drove in two runs.
PIT : Two hits, two runs scored and one RBI for Joey Bart.

Houston 5 – Baltimore 7
NEW: Jose Altuve and Jeremy Pena hit the long ball in the Astros’ loss.
BAL : Anthony Santander hit two safe runs, including his 38th homer of the season, and finished with four RBIs.

Arizona 12 – Boston 2
ARI : Eugenio Suarez was productive with three hits, three runs scored and five RBIs. He hit his 19th home run of the season.
BOS : Starter Brayan Bello (11-6) allowed seven hits and five runs in five 1-third innings of work.

Texas 5 – Cleveland 3
TEX : Two hits and two RBIs for Corey Seager.
CLE : Starter Tanner Bibee (10-6) allowed eight hits and four runs in five 2-thirds innings.

Washington 2 – Atlanta 3 (10 manches)
WSH: MacKenzie Gore allowed seven hits and one run in six innings pitched.
ATL : Luke Williams scored the winning run after a wild throw from CJ Abrams to first base to end the inning.

Philadelphie 4 – Kansas City 7
PHI : The Phillies have lost 16 of their last 24 road games.
KC : Salvador Perez hit his 23rd homer of the season and drove in three runs.

St. Louis 6 – Minnesota 1
STL : Andre Pallante (6-6) allowed five hits and just one run in seven innings of work.
MIN : Édouard Julien drew a walk in two at-bats.

Detroit 5 – White Sox 2
THAT: Matt Vierling had two hits and drove in two runs.
CHW : Chris Flexen allowed five hits and two runs in the loss.

Mets 0 – Padres 7
NYM: The Mets were held to two hits in the loss.
SD : Starter Joe Musgroves (4-4) allowed just one hit and struck out nine in seven innings of work.

Milwaukee 11 – Oakland 3
MIL : Rhys Hoskins hit his 21st long ball of the season and drove in four runs.
OAK : Ross Stripling didn’t allow a run and allowed two hits in 4 1/3 innings.

San Francisco 5 – Seattle 6 (10e manche)
SF : The Giants blew a 5-1 lead in the 8th inning.
SEA : Luke Raley hit his 16th homer of the season and drove in two runs.