{"id":32735,"date":"2025-06-12T16:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=32735"},"modified":"2025-07-06T05:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T04:29:02","slug":"judge-nearing-ruth-gehrig-territory-with-historic-hot-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/judge-nearing-ruth-gehrig-territory-with-historic-hot-streak\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Nearing Ruth, Gehrig Territory with Historic Hot Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/592450\">Aaron Judge<\/a> is on a tear, and even his teammates are stunned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One night after crushing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/yankees\/news\/aaron-judge-hits-469-foot-home-run-in-kansas-city\">469-foot homer<\/a>, Judge launched his 25th home run in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/yankees-vs-royals\/2025\/06\/11\/777551\/final\/box\">Yankees\u2019 6-3 win<\/a> over the Royals on Wednesday. He\u2019s now just one homer behind MLB leader Cal Raleigh.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge leads the league in batting average (.<br>\n<br>394), on-base percentage (.490), slugging (.779), hits (98) and OPS (1.269). He homered in three straight games and reached base in 54 straight road games. Now, he\u2019s tied with Lou Gehrig and behind only Babe Ruth and Derek Jeter in Yankees history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s getting out of hand,\u201d said Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt. \u201cIf it\u2019s not a homer, it\u2019s probably a hit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Judge is on a tear, and even his teammates are stunned. One night after crushing a 469-foot homer, Judge launched his 25th home run in the Yankees\u2019 6-3 win over the Royals on Wednesday. He\u2019s now just one homer behind MLB leader Cal Raleigh. Judge leads the league in batting average (. 394), on-base percentage (.490), slugging (.779), hits (98) and OPS (1.269). 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