ANAHEIM—Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run of the season but Shohei Ohtani also went deep during their MVP showdown, and the Los Angeles Angels held off the slumping New York Yankees 4–3 on Monday night.
The top two candidates for AL MVP both delivered before a sellout crowd that included plenty of Yankees fans.
Ohtani broke a 2–all tie in the fifth inning with his 29th homer, a two-run drive to right-center.
Judge connected in the eighth for a 434-foot shot off reliever Ryan Tepera that made it 4–3.
New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge hits a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Aug. 29, 2022. (Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo)
With his parents in the stands, the California-born slugger became one of 10 players in major league history with multiple 50-homer seasons….