New York slugger Aaron Judge exited in the sixth inning of Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins because of tightness in his lower right leg, the Yankees announced.
Judge, 34, was playing in his seventh game since returning from a 99-day absence due to a stress fracture in his first right rib.
The New York Daily News said Judge appeared to hurt himself on a check swing on the first pitch of his at-bat in the third inning. He stayed in the game until he was replaced by pinch hitter Heliot Ramos in the sixth with the Yankees trailing 2-0. Ramos also filled his position in right field.
The Yankees later tied the game and forced extra innings.
Judge struck out in his two at-bats to lower his average this season to .241 in 66 games. The eight-time All-Star and three-time American League MVP (2022, 2024, 2025) has 18 home runs and 41 RBIs this season.
After missing 84 games since May 31, Judge was 3-for-17 (.176) with no extra-base hits in in his first five games back from injury before hitting a three-run homer on Monday as New York clinched a postseason berth with an 8-6 victory over Minnesota.
