Aaron Judge blasts 49th home run, Gerrit Cole strikes out 11 in Yankees' win over A's

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Gerrit Cole is having a blast watching Aaron Judge clobber baseballs over the fence at a remarkable rate.

And Judge, well, he sure loves seeing Cole pile up strikeouts from his spot in the outfield.

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Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees hits a three-run home run in the top of the fifth inning against the Oakland Athletics at RingCentral Coliseum on August 26, 2022, in Oakland, California. (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)

"Especially in center field," Judge said. "In right field you're just kind of reacting over there, you really don't get to see guys paint corners or what they're doing. But when you're in center field and can watch a guy like that work and strike out the guys he did, the sequences he did, he was on from the very first pitch he threw."

Cole struck out 11 in his first win since July 17, and Judge hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning to help the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Friday night.

Judge's 49th homer of the season was No. 200 for the Yankees, which leads the majors.

"For me, it's really special," Cole said. "I get to have the best seat in the house every night for the Aaron Judge show, which is one of a kind right now."

Cole (10-6) allowed one run and three hits over 7 1/3 innings to snap a six-start winless stretch in which he'd gone 0-4 since beating Boston last month. He reached double-digit wins for the eighth time in his career.

Cole had his seventh start of the season with 10 or more strikeouts. He has 1,335 strikeouts since 2017, the most in the majors during that span.

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