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Judge’s home run was No. 36 on the year for him. The 33-year-old outfielder belted a solo shot off Grant Holmes in the first inning. It was his first home run since the All-Star break. Judge is hitting .352 with a 1.183 OPS and 82 RBI on the season.

Judge headlines a formidable American League lineup, which features Mariners slugging backstop Cal Raleigh — who leads the majors with a staggering 38 round-trippers — in the cleanup spot, for Tuesday’s Midsummer Classic at Truist Park in Atlanta. It also features three members of the American League-leading Tigers, who finished the first half with 59 victories. Here’s the full lineup: Gleyber Torres (2B), Riley Greene (LF), Judge (RF), Raleigh (C), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B), Ryan O’Hearn (DH), Junior Caminero (3B), Javier Báez (CF) and Jacob Wilson (SS).

Spoiling the shutout bid by taking Brad Keller deep in the ninth, Judge was the Yankees’ only offense today in the 5-2 loss. The one out he made was actually a 409-foot blast that would have been a homer in 24 ballparks. The actual homer was hit 388 feet to right. It was the 350th of his career, tying him with Chili Davis for 103rd place all-time. With two more, he’ll move into the top 100.

The 33-year-old outfielder crushed a two-run home run — his 33rd of the year — in the fifth inning off Brandon Waddell to put the Yankees up 5-0. Judge suffered a cut near his eye on Saturday after he was hit in the face by a throw from Anthony Volpe between innings, but showed no ill effects Sunday. He’s hitting .360 with a 1.202 OPS and 74 RBI on the year as he goes for his third American League Most Valuable Player award.

Judge was able to remain in the game after being hit in the face by a thrown ball from Anthony Volpe that left him with a cut near his eye. It happened after the fifth inning as Judge was coming off the field; he usually does collect a baseball after each inning to throw to a fan, but he obviously didn’t see it coming this time.

Judge earned an automatic starting berth as the league-leader in phase one balloting for the Midsummer Classic, which will be played on July 15 at Truist Park in Atlanta. The 33-year-old Yankees icon, who has launched 33 homers and piled up 67 RBI through 85 games this season, is headed to his seventh All-Star Game in a couple weeks. Here’s the entire AL starting lineup: Cal Raleigh (C), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B), Gleyber Torres (2B), Jacob Wilson (SS), José Ramírez (3B), Judge (OF), Riley Greene (OF), Javier Báez (OF) and Ryan O’Hearn (DH). The complete All-Star rosters, including pitchers and reserves, will be announced this weekend.

Only one of the walks today was intentional after he was handed out two free trips to first base on Monday. Judge hasn’t exactly been hot of late, but the Jays still haven’t wanted to deal with him with anyone on base. Both hits today, a double and a single, came with the bases empty.

Judge drew a walk in the third inning and scored on a triple by Jazz Chisholm Jr. After going hitless over the last two games, Judge took Luis Severino deep for a two-run blast in the fourth. He went yard once again in the seventh for his 30th home run of the season. The 33-year-old star is slashing .356/.458/.722 with 73 runs scored, 67 RBI, and six steals across 369 plate appearances. He’s alright.

It’s a different look on Wednesday night for New York after dropping the first two games of a three-game set in Cincinnati. Aaron Judge has been bumped up to second spot in the order with Ben Rice at first base and hitting third while Giancarlo Stanton is at DH and batting cleanup. It’ll be Trent Grisham leading off with Bellinger taking a seat in favor of Jasson Domínguez in left field.

Judge supplied New York’s lone run of the contest when he took Reds starter Nick Lodolo deep to left field with a colossal 398-foot solo shot in the opening frame. His 28th big fly puts him back within shouting distance of Mariners backstop Cal Raleigh, who sits atop the big-league home run leaderboard with 31 round-trippers entering Monday night.