Dual BM664944

Aaron Judge was hitting the baseball hard when the Yankees played the Angels in Los Angeles on April 28, 2018. In the first inning, Judge hit a single that left his bat at 118.1 MPH, which according to Statcast was the hardest hit ball up to this point in the 2018 season. Two batters later, Giancarlo Stanton hit a ball to the shortstop that was ruled an error and allowed Aaron Judge to score the first run of the game. In the second inning, Aaron Judge hit a double that had an exit velocity of 115.4 MPH, making him the first batter to have two hits with at least a 115 MPH exit velocity since he accomplished the feat in June 2017. The second inning double scored Brett Gardner who reached base on a walk. When Aaron Judge led off the top of the third inning, the Yankees led 10-0. This baseball was used for his at-bat in the third. With two balls and two strikes, Aaron Judge hit this baseball to Justin Upton in left field for a single, his third hit in three innings to start the game. This time, the Angles kept the Yankees from scoring in the inning. Los Angeles managed a single run in the fifth inning. But they never made the game close as New York won 11-1. With the win, the Yankees improved to 17-9 and were in second place, two games behind the Red Sox.