US EditionJudge and Ohtani Light up the First Inning with Historic Homers in Yankees-Dodgers Rematch
- Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani, both current MVPs, each launched milestone homers during the opening inning Friday night as the Yankees and Dodgers squared off in a World Series rematch.
- This matchup revisited last year’s World Series, where the Dodgers defeated the Yankees in five games for their eighth championship in 2024.
- Judge connected on a 446-foot solo home run to straightaway center field off a 1-1 delivery from Tony Gonsolin, marking his 19th homer of the season and tying him for second place in the majors.
- Ohtani launched a 417-foot home run to center field on Max Fried’s very first pitch, marking his 21st home run overall and 14th during the month of May, the highest total in the majors.
- These first-inning homers by both reigning MVPs mark a major league first, highlighting Ohtani’s consistent power surge and continuing the historic rivalry.
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Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani make home run history in Yankees’ loss to Dodgers
LOS ANGELES – The baseball gods put on a show in the Yankees’ 8-5 loss to the Dodgers on Friday, as Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani each homered in the first inning of the series-opening, Fall Classic rematch. While neither rose to the occasion during Los Angeles’ World Series victory last October, their homers delivered the first instance in MLB history in which both reigning MVPs went deep in the first inning of the same game, per OptaSTATS. Jud…
Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani light up the first inning with historic homers in Yankees-Dodgers rematch
Reigning MVPs Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani blasted historic home runs in the first inning as the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers met in a rematch of last year’s World Series. Judge got the fireworks going with a…
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