Watch: Aaron Judge’s 426-ft HR earns salute from teammates at stand

New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge continued his hot start at the plate this season after the reigning American League MVP went deep for a tenth time against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.

Aaron Judge, who came into the game with the best average in the league, took Cade Povich deep in the first inning for a 426-ft moonshot. The two-run home run was the 10th homer of the season for Judge, tying him with the Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh and the Arizona D-backs' Eugenio Suárez for the MLB lead.

Judge's teammate enjoyed the home run that gave the Bronx Bombers a 2-0 lead in the game, with Jason Dominguez and other Yankees players bowing down to the two-time MVP from the dugout.

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The blast was measured leaving Aaron Judge's bat at 112.1 mph and it was the 15th first-inning home run for the Yankees, the most by any team this season. Three of them came in the previous game on Tuesday, when Trent Grisham, Judge and Ben Rice hit consecutive home runs to start the game.

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Chaitanya Prakash is an editor who covers US Sports at Sportskeeda. His first brush with sportswriting was in 2012 when the greatest football manager of all time, Sir Alex Ferguson, bid farewell to the beautiful game.

Although having started out professionally as a cricket writer in 2022, Chaitanya's curiosity and indiscriminate interest in all sports in general eventually introduced him to America's favorite pastime.

While Chaitanya's favorite player from the current crop is the dynamic Venezuelan Ronald Acuna Jr., his all-time favorite, however, is Pedro Martinez, for his self-belief and consistency. He also rates Jose Bautista's iconic bat flip in 2015 as his favorite moment in baseball history.

Chaitanya specializes in reporting on technical aspects of the game or analyzing patterns behind specific plays. He also likes pondering over players' self-assessments following the conclusion of a game as it helps him get an idea of how they think about the sport in general.

When not cheering for his favorites across sports, Chaitanya likes being transported to the past through a good war documentary or a historical documentary in general.

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Edited by Chaitanya Prakash