Aaron Judge reached 50 homers for the fourth time in his career to tie a major league record, and the host New York Yankees moved into a tie for the American League East lead with an 8-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.

Judge homered on the first pitch he saw against Jonathan Cannon (4-10), hammering a sinker into the Yankee bullpen in right-center field to reach the milestone on a go-ahead three-run homer in the second inning. He reached 50 homers for the second straight season after hitting 52 as a rookie in 2017 and an AL-record 62 in 2022.

Six innings later, Judge hit his 51st homer of the season on an eighth-inning solo shot.

Judge joined Babe Ruth (1920, 1921, 1927, 1928), Mark McGwire (1996-1999) and Sammy Sosa (1998-2001) as the fourth player with four 50-h

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