Aaron Decide hits two HRs to succeed in 59 on the yr, edges nearer to Roger Maris' 61

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New York Yankees famous person Aaron Decide hit two house runs to succeed in 59 on the season – essentially the most ever for a right-hander in American League (AL) historical past – in a monster efficiency on Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee because the Yankees beat the Brewers 12-8.

Decide is now two house runs away from Roger Maris’ single-season AL report of 61, which the legendary Yankee proper fielder set in 1961, and is on tempo to hit 65 on the yr, which might be tied for fourth-most ever in main league historical past.

“It’s not too tough in case your essential focus and your essential goal is to go on the market and win a recreation. The numbers, they’re simply numbers,” Decide mentioned per MLB.com after the win, which saved the Yankees from a sequence sweep and saved them first within the AL East.

“I’m targeted on doing what I can to be a superb teammate and assist the crew win. If meaning hitting a homer, it means hitting a homer, nevertheless it’s by no means been my focus.”

The Brewers bought off to a scorching begin when Kolten Wong hit a three-run homer to place them up 3-0 on the backside of the primary. Yankee Oswaldo Cabrera hit a solo house run on the high of the second to chop the lead, nevertheless it bought put proper again to 3 runs when Brewers outfielder Tyrone Taylor struck again with a solo homer on the backside of the second.

Decide’s first house run of the day was a 414-foot shot to proper heart area on the high of the third inning, which closed the hole to 4-2. After a flurry of scoring, his second – a 443-foot bomb to left heart area on the high of the seventh inning – helped seal the Yankees win.

The New York slugger went 4-for-5 with 4 RBIs on the day to boost his batting common to .316, only one level behind Minnesota Twins second baseman and AL chief Luis Arráez.

Given Decide’s sizable lead in each the American League HR and RBI classes, his inching in the direction of a batting crown might result in the AL’s first Triple Crown since Miguel Cabrera in 2012 and the Yankees’ first because the iconic Mickey Mantle in 1956, in line with MLB.com.

“Sorry to repeat the identical line, nevertheless it’s historic. I bought nothing else for you,” mentioned Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole, per ESPN. “It’s the best offensive season that I’ve personally ever witnessed. I don’t know what else to say. I imply, it’s great. I’m using it, dude. It’s superb.”

The Yankees have a six-game house stand starting on Tuesday, with two video games in opposition to the Pittsburgh Pirates and 4 in opposition to bitter rivals the Boston Crimson Sox, and Decide solely had one factor on his thoughts after the sport. “We’ve bought some massive video games arising. That’s actually the one factor on my thoughts proper now,” he mentioned.

“We’re in a pennant chase, and Decide sitting the place he's, so there’s gonna be that added buzz each time he comes up,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned after the sport.

“I skilled that enjoying within the NL Central enjoying in opposition to Sammy [Sosa] and McGwire in ’98 the place it’s like each time – it’s an occasion,” Boone continued. “And I feel the truth that we’re the place we're within the pennant race and what he’s doing hopefully ought to create for an superior surroundings at [Yankee Stadium].”