Yankees.com: Judgian, Stantonian blasts power Yanks to 5th straight win

From David Adler:

The Bronx Bash Bros. are at it again.

Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton both crushed monster home runs Friday night as the Bronx Bombers returned to Yankee Stadium, leading New York to a series-opening, 4-2 win over the White Sox.

And that formula — Judge homers, Stanton homers, Yankees win — that formula never gets old.

“No, no. Old? No,” Stanton said with a grin after Friday’s game. “We need more. We need more.”

Judge’s homer against Chicago was a 114.4 mph, 433-foot rocket into the second deck down the left-field line to open the scoring in the first inning. Stanton’s was hit even harder — 116.2 mph and 417 feet to the same area of the stands as Judge’s, just in the first deck.

It’s the 39th time Judge and Stanton have homered in the same game as teammates, and the fourth time this season. The Yankees are 35-4 in those games. They’ve won all four in 2024. (The other three were April 6 against the Blue Jays, April 27 against the Brewers and May 8 against the Astros, when Judge, Stanton and Juan Soto all homered.)

Those 39 times that both Judge and Stanton hit a home run in a game is now in the top five for the most times that a Yankee hitter duo has done that. They passed the previous #5 a couple of games ago (that duo? Improbably enough, A-Rod and Jorge Posada. Weird, right?). Can you name the four duos ahead of them?

Anyhow, another great game, with Nestor Cortes having a nice bounce back start (I gave him and his weird little wind-ups the featured image).

Ian Hamilton struggled in the 8th, but to be fair, Aaron Judge should have caught the leadoff double. Still, Hamilton gave up two clean hits that inning, and he is definitely struggling. Boone should not have let him pitch to Sheets, but it was nice to see Caleb Ferguson coming through in a big way with the tying run on second base.

I know Tommy Pham is a bit of a headcase, but could seriously NO contender use a bat like his? I kind of hate him on the White Sox, because you just know if he continues to hit that he will end up on whatever team we would prefer him not to end up on. He’d fit pretty well on Baltimore right now, honestly. Kyle Stowers kind of sucks.

Anyhow, again, great win. I can’t believe the Yankees are somehow in first place this late into the season with Baltimore playing so well, as well.