{"id":674645,"date":"2026-05-16T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/674645\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:01:22","slug":"yankees-star-aaron-judge-can-make-mlb-history-in-mets-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/674645\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Star Aaron Judge Can Make MLB History In Mets Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TORONTO, ON – JULY 23: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees reacts in the dugout after hitting a 2 run home run in the sixth inning during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on July 23, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

On Friday evening, the New York Yankees<\/a> beat the New York Mets<\/a> (at Citi Field) by a score of 5-2.<\/p>\n

They have two more games left in the series (on Saturday and Sunday).<\/p>\n

Aaron Judge<\/a> finished Friday\u2019s victory with one hit, one run and one strikeout in four at-bats.<\/p>\n

The Yankees take the first game of the Subway Series <\/p>\n

Judge Can Make History In Mets Series\"\"<\/p>\n

GettyBen Rice #22 celebrates with Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees after hitting a solo home run during the ninth inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on May 15, 2026 in the Queens borough of New York City.<\/p>\n

Judge has gone four games without a home run.<\/p>\n

He needs just one more to tie Dwight Evans (385) for 68th on the all-time list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Judge is now batting<\/a> .267 with 43 hits, 16 home runs, 30 RBI\u2019s, 37 runs and five stolen bases in 45 games.<\/p>\n

At 34, he still remains one of the elite players in the MLB<\/a> (and will have a chance to win his fourth MVP Award in five years).<\/p>\n

Social Media Reacts To Yankees-Mets Game\"\"<\/p>\n

GettyAnthony Volpe #11, Aaron Judge #99 and Jazz Chisholm<\/a> Jr. #13 of the New York Yankees celebrate after the ninth inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on May 15, 2026 in the Queens borough of New York City. The New York Yankees won 5-2.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what people were saying about Friday\u2019s game:<\/p>\n

@TalkinYanks:<\/a> \u201cCody Bellinger<\/a> makes it 1-0 with a double! This came after two-out singles from Ben Rice<\/a> and Aaron Judge\u201d<\/p>\n

SNY:<\/a> \u201cA nice play by Bo Bichette<\/a> to get Aaron Judge\u201d<\/p>\n

@discussbaseball:<\/a> \u201cOpening night of the Subway Series was as expected. A gem from Cam Schlittler<\/a>, a HR smoked by Ben Rice, a Juan Soto<\/a> revenge HR, and a Yankees win\u2026I saw this coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gary Phillips:<\/a> \u201cFlushed down the Schlittler: The #Yankees beat the #Mets, 5-2, thanks in large part to Cam\u2019s 9-K, 2-H, 1-R performance. A solid bounce-back day for the lineup as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthony DiComo:<\/a> \u201cFINAL: Yankees 5, Mets 2 WP: Cam Schlittler LP: Clay Holmes<\/a> \ud83d\udcf0 Schlittler dominated (outside of a Juan Soto homer), and Holmes gave the Mets his worst start of the season in a Subway Series dud. \ud83d\udcca Record: 18-26 \ud83d\udcc9 Streak: L1 \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Pace: 66-96 Next: Saturday vs. NYY, 7:15 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jorge Castillo:<\/a> \u201cThe Yankees take the Subway Series opener behind another dominant outings from Cam Schlittler. He has a 1.35 ERA through 10 starts. Juan Soto homered, but the Mets had just three runners in scoring position all night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yankees Right Now\"\"<\/p>\n

GettyCody Bellinger #35, Trent Grisham<\/a> #12 and Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees celebrate after the ninth inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on May 15, 2026 in the Queens borough of New York City. The New York Yankees won 5-2.<\/p>\n

The Yankees are now 28-17 in 45 games, which has them as the second-place team in the American League East.<\/p>\n

They are 14-11 in 25 games away from the Bronx.<\/p>\n

Following two more games with the Mets, the Yankees will return home to host the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Evans\u2019 Background<\/p>\n

Evans (who Judge will soon tie) made three MLB All-Star Games over 20 seasons with the Boston Red Sox<\/a> and Baltimore Orioles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He hit 20+ home runs in 11 seasons.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tBen Stinar<\/a> Ben Stinar has been covering the NBA for over seven years.\u00a0
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\nHe has written for OnSI, Forbes, Amico Hoops, The Big Lead and had a podcast with former All-Star Jameer Nelson. More about Ben Stinar<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty TORONTO, ON – JULY 23: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees reacts in the dugout…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-674645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}