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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.
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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.
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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.
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This story was originally published September 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM.