Fans queued for hours to enter and see Yankees captain Aaron Judge's Superman bobblehead, but his real performance surpassed the giveaway. Aaron Judge reached base in all four of his at-bats, including his 27th home run, but he couldn't transform into Superman to catch Ramón Urías' game-winning homer in the eighth inning, leading to a 3-5 loss to the Orioles, marking the Yankees' seventh defeat in their last eight games.
This game marked a shift for manager Aaron Boone, who decided to mix and match Luke Weaver and Devin Williams to share closing duties—Weaver, who had just returned from injury, was taken deep for the game-winning homer. In the third inning, Aaron Judge hit a fastball from Tomoyuki Sugano to give the Yankees the lead, with both Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jasson Domínguez contributing RBIs.
Max Fried's quality start was nearly interrupted: with one out and two runners on in the fifth inning, Coby Mayo's tying hit prompted Aaron Boone to consider a pitching change, but Fried convinced him to let him stay, escaping the jam with a flyout and a groundout. This was only the third time in his 16 career starts with the Yankees that he allowed more than three runs.
Aaron Judge had been struggling, going 3-for-27 with 16 strikeouts, but yesterday he showed signs of recovery with a deep double in his last at-bat against the Angels. Aaron Boone has said, "No one is more capable of bouncing back than him." For Orioles fans, Aaron Judge remains like a Kryptonian—he has hit 48 homers in 111 career games against the Orioles, setting the record for the most home runs by a player against a single team since 2016.