The first two home runs of the day came in the second inning on back-to-back jacks from Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge – both of whom were making their Major League Baseball debuts. “To replace A-Rod, the Yankees called up top prospects 1B/OF Tyler Austin and 6’7″ OF Aaron Judge for today’s game. Judge became only the second player to homer for the Yankees in his first two big league games, lining an opposite-field drive over the right-field scoreboard to join Joe Lefebvre (May 1980).
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The highly regarded duo electrified the crowd in the second inning by blasting back-to-back home runs in their first professional at-bats in the majors. “I think it was more like a mindset”.
“I don’t think you can expect a homer every day”, he said.
Corey Dickerson and Nick Franklin each hit a three-run home run while Logan Forsythe added a solo blast for the Rays, who reached double digits in runs for the eighth time this season. Both Mike Trout and Byron Buxton struggled when they initially came up to the big leagues, and while Trout has gone on to become regarded as the best player in baseball since 2012, Buxton has people wondering if he’ll pan out. Austin and judge each finished the game with two hits in four at-bats. The new crop of young talent have gotten their careers off to a tremendous start with catcher Gary Sanchez making his presence known as he went 4-for-5 in a Yankees win over the Boston Red Sox this past week. Judge and Austin took center stage, but contributions were made by other guys expected to be part if the future.
DODGERS 8, PIRATES 4: Joc Pederson homered and Los Angeles had 17 hits and a pair of successful challenges in victory over Pittsburgh. A 6-foot-7 slugger who Brain Ashman has said will be the Yankees starting right fielder until the end of the season, was ranked up at 23rd in Keith Law’s midseason rankings. He is 0-7 with a 7.78 ERA in eight starts for the Yankees and with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre, he is 7-1 with a 3.25 ERA in 10 starts. New York Mets’ Bartolo Colon is the second-most most ordered TOPPS NOW card of 2016 with over 8,000 cards delivered following the All-Star pitcher’s unbelievably glorious home run against the San Diego Padres in May.
Sanchez (12-2) allowed two runs, five hits and three walks in seven innings. Aaron Hicks hit one out in the 5th, like Castro homering for the 2nd straight day.
The Yankees hit five home runs in a game for the second time this season.
It’s a new era for the New York Yankees. He has also displayed his versatility available to the Yankees in shifting from first base to left field late in the game on Sunday.
MINNEAPOLIS – Robbie Grossman had three hits, including a home run, and Tyler Duffey pitched seven solid innings to lead Minnesota to a win over Kansas City. “Tyler Austin’s probably 225, 230 pounds, and he looks small next to Aaron Judge”. He hit.200 with nine homers and 31 RBIs this season.
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“The old man, I like to see them do good”, said Hall of Fame slugger Reggie Jackson, a Yankees adviser who has followed prospects around the minors. Now eager for an encore, NY sends its top young arm to the mound in Luis Severino (1-4, 6.42 ERA).
