Aaron Judge hits homers No. 58 and 59, sits two away from AL single-season record
Aaron Judge's monstrous 2022 campaign for the New York Yankees continues.
On Sunday, Judge went deep twice against the Milwaukee Brewers, increasing his league-leading home run total to 59.
Judge is only two homers shy of tying the American League record. Yankees legend Roger Maris still holds the record of 61 home runs, set, spookily enough, 61 years ago in 1961.
With the Yankees trailing 4-1 in the third inning, Judge smashed his first long-ball of the day off Brewers' starter, Jason Alexander.
Judge struck again in the seventh, blasting a hanging slider from reliever Luis Perdomo.
Judge's 11th multi-home run game of the season tied him with Sammy Sosa (1998) and Hank Greenberg (1938) for the most in baseball history.
The 30-year-old ranks first in all of MLB in home runs (59), RBI (127), runs (122), on-base percentage (.419), and slugging (.701).
With a .316 batting average, a Triple Crown is potentially within reach for Judge. Minnesota Twins first baseman Luis Arraez is the current AL leader with a .317 average.
Judge would be the first Yankee to win the Triple Crown since Mickey Mantle in 1956.
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