NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge made a pair of outstanding catches in right field two pitches apart, robbing Pete Crow-Armstrong of a home run and Dansby Swanson of a single in the fourth inning of the New York Yankees’ game against the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.
The 6-foot-7 Judge leaped at the right-field wall to catch a 327-foot drive by Crow-Armstrong against Carlos Rodón, denying what would have been Crow-Armstrong’s 26th home run.
Judge’s glove avoided the outstretched arms of a fan in a Yankees jersey, who reached over the wall with one hand but missed the ball.
Crow-Armstrong waved his right arm in disgust. The two-time AL MVP bowed his head and smiled.
Judge then rushed in and dove for a backhand grab on Swanson’s sinking liner for the third out of the inning.
New York led 3-0 behind a three-run third that included Judge’s sacrifice fly and Cody Bellinger’s two-run homer against his former team.
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