NEW YORK — The Yankees were holding their breath about the health of Aaron Judge on Tuesday night. But they finally got a huge piece of good news.
Judge had to exit the game in the fourth inning of New York’s series-opening 4-2 win against the Orioles at Yankee Stadium, an inning after he was hit by a pitch on the left hand. But X-rays and a CT scan on Judge’s hand taken after the game came back clean. No fracture.
It’s a big relief, Judge said. Just, being hit there before a couple of years ago and breaking my wrist, you never know what’s going to happen. So finding out that it’s not fractured, not broken, is definitely a sigh of relief.
Judge received the good news from team doctors after being sent to New York-Presbyterian Hospital for imaging and an evaluation by Yankees head team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad.
The Yankees’ captain took a 94 mph fastball from Albert Suárez off the bottom of his left hand in the third inning. The Bronx Bombers took the first game of the showdown between the top two teams in the American League East, but the status of their superstar slugger temporarily cast a shadow over a big win.
When he was hit, Judge looked to be in immediate pain, dropping his bat, clutching his hand and grimacing as he spun out of the batter’s box, taking a few steps toward the pitcher’s mound. He then took a slow, circuitous route through the right side of the infield and back around to first base, where he was examined by the Yankees’ training staff.
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