Yankees' Aaron Judge launches 50th home run as he continues to chase his AL record

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The man in the Bronx is at it again. Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run for the New York Yankees this season as he continues to chase his American League record. 

Judge broke Yankees legend Roger Maris' single-season home run record when he blasted 62 in 2022. 

But Judge, who won AL MVP that season, is officially in position to rewrite the record books as he becomes the first player in MLB to reach 50 home runs this season, while pacing for 62 homers by the end of the regular season with 31 games left to play after Sunday.

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New York Yankees center fielder Aaron Judge hits a two-run homer in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Yankee Stadium. (Wendell Cruz-USA Today Sports)

The next closest is the NL MVP frontrunner, Shohei Ohtani, who has 41 big flies. 

This bomb from Judge came in the bottom of the first inning against the Colorado Rockies' left-handed starter, Austin Gomber, who is 61st out of 62 qualified starters in MLB in home runs allowed per nine innings (1.70). 

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Gomber threw Judge an 0-2 changeup that was low in the strike zone, but it was just high enough for the right-handed slugger to wait back and launch his arms toward the ball. 

When he made contact, the Yankee Stadium crowd rose up as it flew to left center field, and it cleared the fence to put his team up 2-1 in the bottom of the first inning. 

This home run came after Judge broke his 11-game hit streak in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. 

New York center fielder Aaron Judge is greeted in the dugout after hitting a two-run homer against the