"BALTIMORE -- Giancarlo Stanton became the sixth player to hit his 450th career home run in a New York Yankees uniform in Saturday's 6-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Alex Rodriguez (2006), Gary Sheffield (2006), Mickey Mantle (1964), Lou Gehrig (1937) and Babe Ruth (1928) also achieved the feat with the Yankees. Stanton is the 41st player in MLB history to reach 450; it's the most home runs among active hitters."
"With the win, New York closed within two games of first place in the AL East behind Toronto, which lost to Kansas City. Both the Yankees and Blue Jays have seven games left, and Toronto holds the tiebreaker. Stanton put New York up 3-0 in the first inning while co-star Aaron Judge went deep leading off the third. Both drives came off Tomoyuki Sugano (10-9), who threw 87 pitches over three stressful innings before being lifted."
Giancarlo Stanton hit his 450th career home run, becoming the sixth player to reach that milestone while wearing a Yankees uniform and the 41st player in MLB history to reach 450 homers. Stanton's homer gave New York a 3-0 lead and Aaron Judge added a leadoff third-inning homer, both off Tomoyuki Sugano. Sugano lasted three innings, throwing 87 pitches before being lifted. Carlos Rodon improved to 17-9, allowing one run and four hits over seven innings with one walk and eight strikeouts. The Yankees beat the Orioles 6-1 and moved within two games of the AL East lead.
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