Aaron Judge blasts two home runs to bring himself one away from 60 on season

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Aaron Judge hit his 58th and 59th home runs on Sunday as he continues to chase down Roger Maris.

Judge has 16 more games to be the new American League home run king.

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Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees at bat against the Brewers at American Family Field on Sept. 17, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961, which stands as the American League record.  

However, due to those who passed him being linked to performance-enhancing drugs, many see Maris as the record holder, making Judge's chase that much more interesting.

But if you ask Judge, he says Barry Bonds' 73 in 2001 is the record.

"Seventy-three is the record," Judge told Sports Illustrated. "In my book. No matter what people want to say about that era of baseball, for me, they went out there and hit 73 homers and 70 homers, and that to me is what the record is. The AL record is 61, so that is one I can kind of try to go after. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, it’s been a fun year so far."

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge celebrates as he crosses the plate after hitting a solo home run, May 1, 2022, in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Judge went opposite field at American Family Field in Milwaukee for his 58th, extending his career high.

It traveled 414 feet and would have been a home run in every ballpark in the major leagues.

In the seventh inning, he went deep to left field.

No one has hit 60 in a season since Bonds and Sammy Sosa (64) did so 21 years ago, but Judge is certainly on pace to accomplish the