Aaron Judge blasts home run 469 feet nearly out of Kauffman Stadium in matchup with Royals
The New York Yankees star absolutely obliterated a ball that nearly made it completely out of Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on Tuesday night. Judge, in the first inning of their matchup with the Royals, smashed a home run that traveled 469 feet and almost cleared the team's Hall of Fame wall out in left field.
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Judge, with the team suddenly up 2-0, trotted around the bases like it was nothing.
While he's hit plenty like it in his career, Tuesday's shot was a rare one for the stadium.
The home run was the seventh-longest of Judge's career, and his 12th that has traveled at least 465 feet, the league announced. Judge's longest home run of his career came back in 2017, when he hit a shot that went 496 feet against the Toronto Blue Jays. That's tied for the fifth-longest in the Statcast Era, which dates back to 2015.
Judge entered Tuesday's game in Missouri with a .396 batting average and a 1.264 OPS, both of which lead the league. The home run his 24th of the season, which trails only Seattle Mariners star Cal Raleigh. He also has a league-high 96 hits.
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The Yankees took a 39-25 record into Tuesday's game, which kicked off a three-game series with the Royals.
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