"See Yankees? This is how you are supposed to do against bad teams." - New York Yankees end three-game losing streak, fans delighted with bounce back win against the Los Angeles Angels

By Daniel Santiago

Modified Aug 31, 2022 14:05 GMT

New York Yankees v Los Angeles Angels — Aaron Judge watches his 51st home run of the season.

The New York Yankees are back to winning ways as they comfortably defeated the Los Angeles Angels 7-4 in their Monday contest. The Bombers ended an ugly losing skid that saw them drop two games to the Oakland Athletics and one to the Angels.

Aaron Judge hit another homer, his second in as many days. This time, it was an opposite field 378-foot three-run blast to right center for an historic 51st of the season.

Unlike yesterday, Aaron Judge has some help in this game. Andrew Benintendi and Anthony Rizzo started the game off with individual solo blasts in the early stages of the game. The Angels tied the game in the bottom of the second after a Max Stassi two-run shot.

The Angels' defensive woes proved to be fatal, though, as the Yankees scored two runs in the top of the third that gave the latter a 4-2 lead. In the fourth, Judge put the game away with the aforementioned 51st blast of the year.

The Yankees pitching staff also held their own after starter Jameson Taillon was drilled by a liner in the early stages of the contest. He exited the matchup with a right forearm contusion. The New York Yankees bullpen stepped up, allowing only two runs in seven combined innings.

The series is now tied up. The winner of today's game will take the series victory and a much-needed morale boost.

Aaron Judge's historic season for the New York Yankees

Much has been said about Aaron Judge and the American League MVP race. What many have failed to grasp, however, is the gravity of his sensational season so far. Judge single-handedly carried and bailed out the New York Yankees during tumultuous situations.

Aaron Judge is on pace to break Roger Maris' 61-year record for the most home runs in the American League with 62. The outfielder just became the 10th man in MLB history to have at least two seasons with 50 home runs.

To put Judge's accomplishments in perspective, the only other people to accomplish the feat were Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Ken Griffey Jr., Ralph Kiner, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Alex Rodriguez. He also became the fifth New York Yankees player to have 50 or more home runs in a single season.

Regardless of the outcome of this year's MVP race, it will be a season in the history books for Aaron Judge.

About the author

Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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