It was not a bird or a plane sailing on the right field wall on Friday night.

It was Aaron Judge’s first home game in a week, and it comes in the midst of a three-hit regeneration-on its Superman Bobblehead Evening Yankees fall by 5-3 on the orioles In the stadium.

Judge again showed signs that he had snapped at what a 3-by-27 slide with three strokes and an intentional step, including his 27th home game of the season-wax in his first four plate appearance before beating in ninth place.

“I liked his bats tonight,” Aaron Boone said after the game. “I thought he made a little adjustment with his hands.” Sometimes you are just a little late, get into a place and get into that very strong position to where you now get your good swing down, where you are a lot through the zone. So it looked to me like a little adjustment with his hands. And I thought he was sitting very good swings tonight. “

No. 99 always served as Kryptonite for the Orioles.

His 48 homers in 111 career matches against Baltimore represent most by any MLB player against any opponent since the judge’s debut in 2016.

“I make adjustments every day. There is so much that I can’t really reduce one, ‘said Judge, who claimed he hadn’t seen the Superman Bobblehead yet. “They have an excellent site staff, so it’s about being ready, especially in the bat. I took a few heaters on which I could have done damage … so I really tried to include it and tried to make something happen there. ‘

The chopped captain knocked out 20 times in his previous ten games to sink his batting average from .396 on June 10 to .366, which entered this three-match against the O’s.


Aaron Judge belt a solo homer in the third innings of the Yankees' loss of 5-3 against the Orioles on June 20, 2025.
Aaron Judge belt a solo homer in the third innings of the Yankees’ loss of 5-3 against the Orioles on June 20, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

After contributing a single to the center, while the Yanks scored twice in the bottom of the first one to fit the two Baltimore runs in the top half against Max Fried, Judge led the third of Orioles starting batsman Tomoyuki Sugano.

It was the first time the judge has gone deep since his ninth innings against Red Sox Ace Garrett Crochet last Friday at Fenway Park.

The manager of Orioles, Tony Mansolino, ordered that Judge openly open with the first base and two outs in fourth place.


Aaron Judge tore a single one during the first innings of the Yankees' loss of the Orioles.
Aaron Judge tore a single one during the first innings of the Yankees’ loss of the Orioles. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

Judge also had a two-out-of-an-ankle-single place in sixth place, but the Yankees could not score in any framework.

The two -time MVP knocked out against Orioles Félix Bautista for the second out of a standings, as the Yanks lost for the seventh time in eight games.

“He’s a difficult bat,” Judge said. “He runs it up to 100 miles per hour with that splitter combination. It’s not a fun batting, but that’s who you want to face when the game is on the point. You want to go against the best … He got us tonight, but I think we will definitely see him again (the weekend). ‘