As he rounded the bases, Phillies gamers started walking off, and Judge stopped at 2nd base. He continued and crossed house plate … due to the fact that why not?
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The background: Phillies supervisor Joe Girardi (remember him, Yankees fans?) desired pitcher Vince Velasquez to get a few more pitches in the inning, though he ended the frame with a double play. He had not provided up a run over five innings.
Will open the season against a National League opponent for the rst time in franchise history … will also play their home opener versus an NL opponent (Phillies) for the very first time.
NATIONAL PASTIME: The Yankees will open the 118th season in franchise history in a road video game on Thursday versus the protecting World Series Champion Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington D C … will be the rst video game of a season-opening ve video game trip (3 games at Washington from 7/23 and 7/25-26 and two games at Philadelphia from 7/27-28) … are set up to play their rst home game of the year on 7/29 vs the Phillies as the start of a five-game house stand (7/29 -8/ 2).
So, Velasquez remained in to deal with Judge, who squashed a bomb to right-center field. As he rounded the bases, Phillies players started strolling off, and Judge stopped at second base. He crossed and continued home plate … due to the fact that why not?
He hadnt offered up a run over five innings.
Judge had actually also homered two times against the Mets on Sunday.
Thing is, there were already 3 outs.
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NEW YORK– Name a weirder home run. Try it.
Yankees best fielder Aaron Judge crushed a home run in the fifth inning on Mondays exhibit video game against the Phillies at Yankee Stadium.
