Aaron Judge goes from strikeout to Derek Jeter-passing home run thanks to balk call
NY Post
At first, it was nearly another strikeout for Aaron Judge — the latest in a stretch that already had featured 18 across the Yankees’ past nine games.
He watched a 99 mph pitch paint the edge of the strike zone.
Home plate umpire Nick Mahrley even motioned for a strikeout.
But after A’s pitcher Joe Boyle was called for a balk that wiped out that strike call, Judge turned his second chance into a two-run homer, scoring Juan Soto by launching the pitch over the right-field fence and giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Wednesday night.
It was Judge’s fourth homer of the season and 261st of his career, which moved him past Derek Jeter and into ninth place in Yankees history, and his first since April 14.
That was the last time Judge’s average hovered above .200.
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