Aaron Judge hit two home runs to tie Hall of Fame outfielder Joe DiMaggio for fourth place in Yankees history as New York beat the Detroit Tigers 9-3 on Thursday night.

Judge homered off Tyler Holton (5-5) in the first inning and matched DiMaggio by launching his 361st career homer with a 434-foot drive to the back of the Detroit bullpen off Sawyer Gipson-Long in the third.

The two-time AL MVP had his sixth multihomer game this season and pulled even with DiMaggio two nights after passing Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra for fifth on the franchise list.

Judge will now need several more seasons to catch up with the top three Yankee sluggers Babe Ruth (659), Mickey Mantle (536), Lou Gehrig (493).

Judge had three hits and ended the night with a major league-best .322 batting average, three

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