Aaron Judge goes 1 for 12 as Yankees swept by
BOSTON (AP)– Aaron Judge blamed himself for swinging at pitches outside the strike zone as the New york city Yankees were swept in a three-game series at the Boston Red Sox.
“You got to swing at strikes,” Judge stated after going 1 for 12 in the series, which Boston completed with a 2-0 success on Sunday.Advertisement Judge struck
out three or more times in 3 straight games for just the third time in his big league career. “That generally helps any player when you swing at strikes,”Judge added.” Absolutely some pitches off the edge or off the edge in, you understand, taking some hacks just attempting to make something take place.” Judge had a game-tying solo homer in the opener on Friday night but struck
out nine times as the Yankees were swept in a series for the very first time this season.New York scored only four runs in the three-game set, matching its least in a three-game series at Fenway Park, from June 20-22, 1916 and from Sept. 28-30, 1922. Ad”It’s really hard,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of dealing with Judge.”He’s so proficient at what he does. We used our fastballs in the ideal areas, we got some swing and misses out on. “”Throughout the years we have actually been aggressive with him,” Cora added. “In some cases he gets us, in some cases we do an excellent task with
that. It’s always enjoyable to contend versus the best, and, to me, he’s the very best in business right now. “Judge’s significant league-leading typical dipped to.378.”I don’t believe much of it,”teammate Ben Rice stated.
“If I could have that guy striking every at-bat even if he’s not at his best, I would do it. I’m sure he’ll bounce back. He’ll be all right.”Advertisement Judge dealt with Garrett Whitlock with 2 on in the eighth Sunday and bounced into an inning-ending double play
.”He is among the greatest players in the world,”Whitlock said.”It’s unique to view him play and whatever. We attempted to perform and had some execution
this weekend. “___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb