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Aaron Judge Provided Defense, Offense For New York On Friday In Their 4-1 Win Over Cleveland In Opening Game Of Three Game Series In Bronx New York

Court was in session on Friday because Aaron Judge provided defense, offense for New York for the team that wears the pinstripes in their 4-1 win over Cleveland in opening game of three game series in Bronx New York.

How?

At the time when New York had a 3-1 lead over Cleveland when Andries Gimenez reached on slow bouncer starting the 5th inning he tried for 3rd on Steven Kwan’s single to center but hesitated after rounding second and Aaron Judge threw a 90.6 miles per hour to third baseman Josh Donaldson who applied the tage

In the bottom of the 3rd inning inning Aaron Judge homered to center , DJ Lemahieu scored.

In the bottom of the 5th inning Aaron Judge homered to right 364 feet.

“according to espn.com”

Aaron Boone the manager of New York the team that wears the pinstripes had this to say about Aaron Judge performance!

Judgie had that look in his eye tonight,” “He gave me that look right before the game, like, ‘I’ve got this.’ He was great.”

“according to Bryan Hoch’s article on mlb.com”

New York is now going to play game two of their three game series today verses Cleveland.

Nestor Cortes, Cal Quantrill are starting today’s game for New York, Cleveland as they continue their series in Bronx New York.

Nestor Cortes, Cal Quantrill are not alike because Nestor Cortes is a left handed pitcher, Cal Quantrill is a right handed pitcher. Nestor Cortes comes into the game with a record of 0-0 with an earn run average of 0.00. Cal Quantrill comes into the game with a record of 1-0 with an earn run average of 3.72.

Though,

Could mother nature get in the way of Nestor Cortes, Cal Quantrill starts?

I would say their is a small chance of that happening because at first pitch chance of rain is 18% then it goes down to 4% an hour after first pitch.

“according to https://www.mlb.com/probable-pitchers/2022-04-23

First pitch is set for 1:05pm from Yankee Stadium!