LOS ANGELES — Aaron Judge delivered together with his bat and his glove Saturday to assist propel the New York Yankees, hitting his nineteenth homer and later making a spectacular operating catch on the fence in a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Choose, the reigning AL MVP, put a line drive into the quick left-field porch within the sixth inning for the Yankees, who rebounded from an 8-4 loss Friday evening within the opener of the high-profile interleague sequence.
The homer, off Dodgers reliever Shelby Miller, traveled solely 360 toes, however Choose’s 113.7 mph line drive obtained into the low stands earlier than left fielder David Peralta might try to make a play on it.
Then within the eighth, Choose may need saved a run for the Yankees together with his sprinting catch on J.D. Martinez‘s liner into the precise area nook with Max Muncy on first base and no one out. Choose made the catch an immediate earlier than operating into the bullpen door, which got here partly open when he hit it.
Choose hung onto the ball and stayed upright whereas placing one foot within the bullpen, however Muncy was allowed to advance to second apparently as a result of Choose technically left the sector of play. Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone briefly argued the umpires’ resolution to ship Muncy to second.
The Yankees led 5-3 on the time of Choose’s catch, and reliever Michael King retired the Dodgers’ subsequent two batters to ship this high-profile interleague matchup to the ninth inning.
Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole (7-0) was sharp again in his native Southern California, hanging out 5 with two walks and solely permitting a run on David Peralta’s bloop RBI single. He was pulled after a season-low 80 pitches, apparently attributable to cramping.
Data from The Related Press was used on this report.