{"id":196533,"date":"2026-04-14T08:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196533\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:05:09","slug":"aaron-judge-mike-trout-deliver-home-run-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196533\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Judge, Mike Trout deliver home run show"},"content":{"rendered":"

As it\u2019s becoming increasingly apparent that Aaron Judge and Mike Trout may never meet in October, this April battle might have to do.<\/p>\n

The two American League MVPs went back and forth in the Yankees\u2019 11-10 win over the Angels on Monday<\/a> in The Bronx, each homering twice, with Judge getting the last laugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat part certainly delivered,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said of the head-to-head between the two sluggers.<\/p>\n

Judge got it started with a two-run shot off lefty Yusei Kikuchi in the bottom of the first, a 456-foot shot into the bleachers in left-center.<\/p>\n

Trout answered with a game-tying three-run shot in the sixth off Jake Bird<\/a>, while Judge came back with a go-ahead solo shot in the bottom of the inning.<\/p>\n

Trout, not to be outdone, homered again in the eighth, this time off Camilo Doval to tie the game again before the Yankees won it on a wild pitch by Jordan Romano with Ryan McMahon on the plate \u2014 and Judge on deck.<\/p>\n

\"AaronAaron Judge rounds the bases after his solo home run against the Los Angeles Angels in the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, USA, Monday, April 13, 2026. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s the greatest of all time,\u201d Judge said of Trout. \u201cComing up at such a young age, he\u2019s special. He\u2019s had to battle injuries, but he\u2019s in a better spot now.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Trout, it was a somewhat rare moment in the spotlight, as he typically toils in anonymity for the also-ran Angels.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was definitely one of the better games,\u201d Trout said. \u201cIt was fun to be a part of, [but] the loss is disappointing. \u2026 To throw blows like that, both teams, pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

As usual, Judge came out on top \u2014 and made more history in the process, as the Yankees snapped a five-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

It was his sixth homer of the young season, but it also put Judge in the franchise record books again.<\/p>\n

The multihomer game was Judge\u2019s 47th of his career, passing Mickey Mantle<\/a> and leaving him behind only Babe Ruth, who had 68 with the Yankees, as well as the most in MLB history with 72.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s special,\u2019\u2019 Judge said of passing Mantle. \u201cI\u2019m glad it came in a win. Hopefully, we can keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LosMike Trout #27 hits a three-run homer in the 6th inning. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

He\u2019s had more multihomer games than any player with his amount of time in the majors \u2014 1,161 games. Ralph Kiner is next with 39.<\/p>\n

And of his six homers on the season, four have given the Yankees the lead.<\/p>\n

The night was another encouraging game for Judge, who homered in his last at-bat against the Rays in Sunday\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the Yankees needed every bit of offense they could get.<\/p>\n

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Boone called Judge\u2019s game \u201chuge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The manager added, \u201cHopefully, we start to see him lock in here as we get rolling. I don\u2019t have to tell you what he means to the offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Certainly not this year, as the Yankees seemingly can\u2019t afford any drop-off from Judge with worries in the bullpen and all over the infield, where Jazz Chisholm Jr., McMahon and Jos\u00e9 Caballero have all disappointed in multiple facets of the game.<\/p>\n

And the pen nearly robbed the Yankees of a much-needed win, with Bird optioned to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre after the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As it\u2019s becoming increasingly apparent that Aaron Judge and Mike Trout may never meet in October, this April…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[10094,128,78235,20,9,24,321,63,319,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-196533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-mike-trout","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-yankees","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-the-bronx","18":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","19":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}