Aaron Judge adds home runs No. 56 & 57 in his pursuit of Babe Ruth and Roger Maris in Yankees lore

By Issy Ronald, CNN

Updated 1022 GMT (1822 HKT) September 14, 2022

Aaron Judge is enjoying a historic season.

(CNN)Fenway Park is one of the US' most historic ballparks, and it witnessed even more history on Tuesday as Aaron Judge hit his 56th and 57th homers of the 2022 season, guiding the New York Yankees to a 7-6 win against their bitter rivals, the Boston Red Sox.

With these latest two home runs, Judge edged closer to immortalizing his season in Yankees lore alongside Babe Ruth's 60 home runs in 1927 and Roger Maris' record 61 in 1961, which has also stood as the American League record for 61 years. Judge's first homer of Tuesday night — a 383-foot drive through right-center field — tied the game at three in the third inning.His next one was even bigger, as he blasted a high ball 389 feet through to deep left field and into the stands to tie the game at 4-4 in the sixth. «You really just don't look at it. If you're checking the numbers, you're gonna get caught,» Judge said afterwards, according to ESPN. Read More«I just keep trying to do what I can do, and the numbers will take care of themselves. If I have a good plan and have a good approach, do what I need to do in the box, all that other stuff will show up.»The Yankees have opened up a six-game lead in the AL East.As well as Maris' American League record, Judge is now within sight of several other landmarks.He is one homer short of tying the AL record for right-handed hitters, currently held by Hank Greenberg (1938) and Jimmie Foxx (1932); has now notched up 20 more home runs than the next highest total in the MLB this season — the first time such a gap has existed since the final day of the 1928 season; and achieved his 10th multi-homer game of the season on