(Reuters) -New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge smashed his 62nd home run of the year on Tuesday to break the American League single-season record set in 1961 by Roger Maris.
Judge clobbered the first inning offering from Texas Rangers starter Jesus Tinoco over the left field wall to give the Yankees an early 1-0 lead at Globe Life Field in Arlington.
Judge’s teammates embraced him one-by-one after he crossed the plate to finally break the tie with Maris after failing to do so in the past five games, including one played earlier on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles and Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Christian Schmollinger)
