Aaron Judge is typically known more for his bat, but he made a great play in the field to help preserve the Yankees' ALCS Game 1 lead.
Aaron Judge shouldn't be able to hit balls as far as he does AND throw like this. It's just not fair.
- Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) October 13, 2019
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In the bottom of the fifth inning, Astros DH Yordan Alvarez lined a Masahiro Tanaka pitch into the gap in right-center field. But Judge got a great jump on the ball and ran it down for the first out.
He then quickly and accurately fired the ball back to first base, nabbing Alex Bregman before he could scurry back to the base. StatCast clocked Judge's throw at 87.8 MPH.
Tanaka and the Yankees held a 1-0 lead through five innings of Game 1.