Trout vs Judge MVP Slugfest Thriller

Trout and Judge deliver historic multi-homer showdown.

Historic MVP Slugfest Recalls Baseball History

According to STATS Perform, just once in history have two three-time MVPs homered twice in the same game. After Stan Musial went deep twice, Roy Campanella hit a tying, three-run shot in the ninth for his second of the game, and Don Zimmer followed with a walk-off single to lead the Brooklyn Dodgers to a 9-8 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Ebbets Field on June 21, 1956.

Trout versus Judge: A Starry Showdown

Trout almost hit a third. He grounded out to Cody Bellinger in front of the center-field wall, leaving the bases loaded in the fourth inning after the Angels tied the game 4-4 with four unearned runs following Caballero's error on Trout's opening grounder.

Yankees Beat Angels in a Close Game

NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball game turned into a heavyweight fight when Mike Trout and Aaron Judge faced off. Trout hit his second home run of the game off the back wall behind the Angels bullpen in left-center. This gave Los Angeles a two-run lead in the eighth inning, after Judge had hit two home runs to put the New York Yankees up. But there was more drama when two three-time MVPs hit home runs in the same game for the first time in 70 years. Trent Grisham hit his second home run of the night and the season in the ninth inning, tying the game. José Caballero ran home on Jordan Romano's wild pitch that ended the game and gave the Yankees an exciting 11-10 win on Monday. It also ended their five-game losing run. "It was great." Trout was amazed. "That's baseball for you." "It's what fans want, and it's cool to be able to see something like that."

Power-Hitting Show and Key Performances

New York had lost five games in a row after starting the season 8-2 and had lost all six of its one-run contests. There were seven home runs that went a total of 2,846 feet, which is more than half a mile. The Yankees hit five of them. Judge's first home drive flew 456 feet deep into the left-field bleachers and left the bat at 116.2 mph, making it the hardest-hit home run of the year. Judge had three RBIs, while Grisham and Trout each had five. All four of baseball's active home run leaders were in the game. Judge, with 374, passed colleague Paul Goldschmidt by one. Giancarlo Stanton, a New York slugger who leads all current players with 454 home runs, missed a double off the center-field wall in the fifth by roughly a foot. Trout has hit 408 home runs. Trout, who is 34 years old, won the AL MVP in 2014, 2016, and 2019, but he has had a lot of injuries over the last five seasons. "He is the best of all time." It's been amazing to see his whole career, from when he was very young and promptly positioned himself at the top of the list. "It's unique," Judge added. Judge, who will turn 34 on April 26, won the AL MVP award in 2022, 2024, and 2025.

Important Moments and the End of the Game

Yankees starter Will Warren said, "Those are two of the greats, so it's really fun to watch." On a night that was uncommonly warm at 77 degrees, Judge and Caballero each blasted a two-run home run against Yusei Kikuchi to give the team a 4-0 lead in the second inning. After Caballero made a mistake that let Warren score runs without earning them, Grisham came in to hit in the fifth and hit a three-run drive off Shaun Anderson to give the team a 7-4 lead. Trout hit a three-run home run off of Jake Bird in the sixth inning. Bird was sent down to Triple-A following the game. Judge's home run off Anderson at the start of the bottom half gave him 47 multi-homer games, one more than Mickey Mantle and only one less than Babe Ruth's 68 among Yankees. "It's special to be around some greats like that," Judge added. Josh Lowe tied the game at 8 with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. Trout then hit a two-run drive off Camilo Doval in the eighth inning, giving the Angels a 10-8 lead and his 31st multi-homer game. Judge, who was watching from right field, shook his head. "Every time he comes to the Bronx, he puts on a show," Judge added. "I hate to see it, but it's fun to compete against someone like that." Jordan Romano pitched the ninth inning, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a single. Grisham then hit a slider into the right-field seats, and the closer put both hands on his head. Caballero hit two doubles and stole third base without a throw. After Austin Wells walked, Caballero scored when Romano threw a full-count slider to Ryan McMahon on the ninth pitch of the plate appearance. Since beating Minnesota 14-12 on July 23, 2019, New York had not won a game while giving up more than ten runs. Aaron Boone, the Yankees' manager, said that he felt "tough... for the belly." Then he started thinking about his guys. "You get a lead, then you get another lead, and then it's gone," he added. "Maybe it was good for the guys to have a game like that where things got a little messy."