Though New York Yankees legend Alex Rodriguez gushed about being in awe of Aaron Judge, the Colorado Rockies temporarily stopped the slugger from reaching a major milestone. After failing to go deep in a fifth straight game, Judge gets his second attempt at reaching 50 homers in a single season for the third time in his nine-year major league career when New York hosts Colorado in the finale of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon. Judge hit his 49th homer of the year in the sixth inning on Friday.
After Rodriguez referred to him as a "unicorn," Judge grounded into a forceout and flied out before reaching base in his final two plate appearances in the Yankees' 9-2 loss on Saturday, when New York finished with five hits. "Aaron is such a unicorn," Rodriguez said. "I love the game of baseball so much, and I've never seen a player quite like him, that looks like an NFL tight end: 6-foot-7, 282 pounds, under 10 percent body fat.
The guy is just a specimen." Judge is on pace for 61 home runs and had eight homers during an 11-game hitting streak that ended on Saturday. During that stretch, he hit .
439 (18-for-41). Colorado finished with 13 hits on Saturday and is in position to win a road series for just the third time this season. The Rockies are 19-49 away from home in 2024.
Their only road series victories occurred May 13-15, when they swept a three-game set against the San Diego Padres, and July 30-Aug. 1, when they took two of three games from the Los Angeles Angels. Jake C.