By now, the Yankees are used to Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton hitting home runs in the same game, and it almost always leads to a win.
Aaron Boone said he felt “warm and fuzzy” when Judge and Juan Soto hit home runs for the first time in the same game last month.
On Wednesday, Judge, Soto and Stanton played in the same game for the first time, and unsurprisingly, things turned out good for the Yankees.
On a warm night in the Bronx, the trio hit a combined 1,291-foot home run for the Yankees, a 9-4 win over the Astros for their fifth straight victory in what the Yankees hoped was a sign of the summer to come.
Soto hit a 440-foot, two-run homer to the opposite direction in the first inning, part of a three-hit, five-RBI night, before Judge and Stanton hit solo shots in the third, both hitting right-field by the Astros. became. Handler Spencer Arrigetti.
Judge’s batted ball was one of his three hits and three RBIs as he continues to break away from a slow start, and Stanton’s batted ball left the plate at 119.9 mph, which is worthy of being the hardest hit in MLB this season.
That was more than enough support for Carlos Rodon. He bounced back from his worst start of the season, giving up just two runs, seven strikeouts and no walks in 6 1/3 innings.
In the process, the Yankees (25-13) improved to 6-0 against the Astros (12-24) this season, and have won nine straight against the Astros since last year.
Through Wednesday, Judge and Stanton had homered twice in the same game this season, both wins, and all 37 games the Yankees had won, going 33-4.
Judge and Soto have hit one home run in the same game, and Soto and Stanton have hit one home run in the same game, both in wins.
For Judge, it was the latest encouraging sign that he is breaking away from an early season slump.
In addition to his second homer in the past three games and fifth in the past 14 games, Judge added two doubles and his second two-run RBI to break the game at 8-1 in the sixth inning.
One night after hitting a 118.8 mph home run, Stanton recorded the most hit home run in the majors this season.
With a count of 1-2, he hit a 119 mph curveball over the middle of his at-bat and canceled it out at 119.9 mph, surpassing Shohei Ohtani (119.2 mph) as the hardest-hit ball in the majors this season.
Soto followed up his first-inning home run with an RBI double and a grounder.
