Yankees win but miss no-hitter as judge gets stuck on 61 home runs

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees wasted yet another opportunity on Monday to hit the Major League Baseball season’s record-breaking 62nd home run, but there were outstanding efforts all around him.

The hitters before and after Judge hit a home run in the eighth inning to help the Yankees beat Texas 3-1. Yankees pitcher Luis Severino pitched seven innings without allowing a hit.

Judge still has three regular-season games left to try to hit 62 home runs and break Roger Maris’ American League single-season home run record. Two of those games are on Tuesday and one is on Wednesday.

Judge’s Wednesday bomb at Toronto tied the 61-year-old record of 61 home runs set by Yankees hero Maris in 1961, but he hasn’t hit the record-breaker in four games since.

In the opening contest of the season-ending series for the playoff-bound Yankees against the Rangers, the 30-year-old American outfielder grounded out, hit into a double play, singled, and struck out.

In the opening contest of the season-ending series for the playoff-bound Yankees against the Rangers, the 30-year-old American outfielder grounded out, hit into a double play, singled, and struck out.

Severino faced the required 21 hitters over the course of seven no-hit innings with seven strikeouts, and he only gave Josh Smith one walk in the third inning. He threw 94 pitches, 63 of which were strikes. the mound before the eighth inning by Yankees manager Aaron Boone, a decision taken to ensure that he would be in shape when the playoffs started after his recent return from the injured list

However, before the eighth inning, Yankees manager Aaron Boone removed the 28-year-old Dominican right-hander from the game in order to assure that he would be healthy for the start of the playoffs following his recent return from the disabled list.

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