Watch: Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton tie NYY home run record

Aaron Judge (right) and Giancarlo Stanton (left). Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images

Watch: Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton tie Yankees' home run record

By Austen Bundy | Last updated Sep 26, 2024 11:14 PM ET

The New York Yankees are going to the postseason, but Thursday's game against Baltimore was a huge opportunity to clinch the AL East division.

Thanks to massive home runs from Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton in a 10-1 win over the Orioles, New York was crowned division champ for the first time since it shared the title with Boston in 2021.

Judge and Stanton's homers were more significant than just contributing to the division-clinching win, however.

It was the 14th time this season the duo homered in the same game, which ties the franchise record set by Yankees legend Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris in 1961, according to YES Network research manager Jeff Quagliata.

Stanton's blast came in the bottom of the second inning off a 0-1 pitch. He smacked it into the left-field seats to put New York up 1-0 early.

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— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 26, 2024

It was Stanton's 162nd homer as a Yankee and his 1,100th career RBI, per Quagliata.

Judge sent a two-run moonshot to left-center field in the bottom of the seventh inning, extending New York's lead to 9-0.

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— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 27, 2024

Stanton and Judge have been teammates since 2018. If the duo hits home runs in the same game at least one more time over the team's remaining three contests, it would break the 1961 mark set by Mantle and Maris.

Additionally, if Judge and teammate Juan Soto do the same thing in at least one of their last three games, they could tie or break the Mantle-Maris mark as well, per Quagliata.

Austen Bundy

Austen Bundy is a journalist and sports junkie from the Washington, D. C. area

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