Christian Moore Triples Past Diving Aaron Judge For First MLB Hit With Los Angeles Angels At Yankee Stadium

Los Angeles Angels second baseman Christian Moore recorded his first hit on Monday, June 16 against New York Yankees starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt in the bottom of the eighth inning with a triple past a diving Aaron Judge. 

The hometown kid get his first MLB hit!

New York native Christian Moore hits a triple with his family in attendance! ???? pic.twitter.com/SLDZokUe1U

— MLB (@MLB) June 17, 2025

The Angels went on to win in 11 innings 1-0 over the Yankees in their first game of their four game road series on Monday night.

"To look up and see them going crazy for me, it's just the world to me."

Christian Moore spoke with Erica Weston after the win over his hometown team as his family watched in the stands. ???? pic.twitter.com/NDYVn3lhtb

— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) June 17, 2025

The (34-37) Angels will play their second game of their four game road series against the (42-29) Yankees on June 17 at 7:05 p.m. EDT. 

Moore has played in four games with the Angels and is hitting .100/.182/.300 with 11 plate appearances, collecting one hit, one triple, walking once, and striking out three times. 

Moore is the No. 1 Angels prospect on MLBPipeline.com and was called up on June 13, from

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— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) June 13, 2025

The 22-year-old right-handed slugger from Brooklyn, N.Y. was selected as the eighth overall pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft to the Angels and signed for a $4.9 million bonus after helping the University of Tennessee Volunteers win their first National Title in program history during his junior season. 

Moore played three seasons in Knoxville, Tenn. under head coach Tony Vitello, beginning his freshman season in 2022. 

He played in 186 games with the Tennessee Volunteers and batted .338 with 761 plate appearances, recording 212 hits, 35 doubles, four triples, 61 home runs, 160 RBI, 22 stolen bases, 115 walks, 154 strikeouts, and a 1.144 OPS, prior to heading to Anaheim. 

This season, Moore split his time between Double-A Rocket City and Triple-A Salt Lake. 

Moore played in 34 games with Double-A Rocket City and hit .234/.342/.323 with 146 plate appearances, pounding 29 hits, four doubles, two triples, one home run, 14 RBI, five stolen bases, 21 walks, and 40 strikeouts, prior to him being promoted to Salt Lake on May 20. 

With Salt Lake, Moore played in 20 games with 92 plate appearances, batting .350/.424/.575, collecting 28 hits, four doubles, one triple, four home runs, 18 RBI, three stolen bases, 10 walks, and 25 strikeouts, before being promoted to the majors. 

Moore was invited to spring training on February 4 as a non-roster invitee. 

In the 2025 Cactus League season, Moore played in 25 games and hit .217/.321/.283 with 46 at-bats, crushing 10 hits, one double, one triple, four RBI, six walks, and 18 strikeouts. 

During his first professional season in 2024, Moore was assigned to Low-A Inland Empire on July 30. 

He played in two games with Low-A Inland Empire and batted .545/.583/1.000 with 12 plate appearances, six hits, two doubles, one home run, six RBIs, and walked once, prior to being promoted to Rocket City. 

Moore played in 23 games with Rocket City, and had 98 plate appearances, alongside hitting .322/.378/.533, dialing 29 hits, four doubles, five home runs, 14 RBI, eight walks, and 29 strikeouts. 

In Moore’s two seasons in the minors, he has a lifetime average of .302, while playing in 79 games with 348 plate appearances, eclipsing 92 hits, 14 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs, 52 RBI, swiping 10 bases, 40 walks, 94 strikeouts, and a .858 OPS.

Angels manager Ron Washington and their front office will have to evaluate how much playing time Moore will be getting due to having three players at second base on the teams depth chart with Scott Kingery, Luis Rengifo, and Kevin Newman due to Chris Taylor being on the 10-day injured list. 

Los Angeles Angels’ Christian Moore, right, shakes hands with third base coach Bo Porter, left, after hitting a triple during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Monday, June 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)