
Aaron Judge slugged his 61st home run of the season in the Yankees' win over the Blue Jays.|Art or Photo Credit: AP
TORONTO -- Two slugging right fielders taking their swings in Yankees uniforms 61 years apart, one assigned No. 9 and the other sporting a super-sized No. 99. Roger Maris and Aaron Judge are forever linked as legends of this storied franchise, now the only men in its history to hit 61 home runs in a single season.
Judge equaled Maris’ single-season American League home run record with a two-run blast off reliever Tim Mayza on Wednesday, a tiebreaking seventh-inning rocket that helped propel the Yankees to an 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
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