Probable judge at least a month with broken wrist suffered in Yankees victory

The Yankees picked up J.A. Happ to help with their playoff thrust on Thursday. A few hours later, they lost Aaron Judge with a broken right wrist and they will probably be without their right fielder for at least a month.

The judge was drilled on the right wrist by Jakob Junis' 93 kph fastball. First win of a 7-2 win against the Royals at the Stadium

Surgery was not recommended, according to the Yankees, but the judge will not be able to swing a bat in a situation of play for "about" three weeks

"It's really a blow," said Aaron Hicks before the judge's diagnosis was revealed. "You look at a guy who hits 50 homers for our team, he's part of our lineup, if we do [lose him] we have to keep finding a way to win games, keep pushing."

Judge, who does not Has never been on the disabled list, will join Gary Sanchez on the shelf. Sanchez should be out at least a month after aggravating a groin injury.

The judge, who was the DH, first stayed in the game on Thursday. After the hit by blow, he scored on a Giancarlo Stanton sacrifice fly in the first and he reached a single infield field at the third before leaving in the fourth, replaced by Miguel Andujar. After being examined by Dr. Chris Ahmad, the team's physician, the judge had a CT scan and an MRI scan at the New York Presbyterian Hospital

"Looking at him swinging under [in the cage] we were not able to see him. we did not feel the strength he had, "said Aaron Boone, Judge's manager, who leads the Yankees with 26 homers, 61 RBIs and a .943 mark." We did not want to take more of risks with that. As you know, [Judge] is as hard as them [come]. We just wanted him to take care of it. "

Boone added that he did not think the judge was aggravating the injury with the second at the batting.

The injury ruined what had been a good day in the Bronx

In addition to recovering Happ from Toronto in exchange for Brandon Drury and minor league league player Billy McKinney in hopes of stabilizing their rotation, the Yankees had another strong start from Sonny Gray, coupled with Boston's defeat against Twins, the Yankees were eliminated in four and a half games of the Red Sox in East of Alberta.

Gray made five scoreless innings, but he was also injured.

A return from Alex Gordon. Hit Gray in his right thumb in the fifth inning. Gray also stayed in the game after a visit from the training staff and finished the round – turning around a double at Brian Goodwin's center.

Gray left after five innings and only 75 shots. He had to take an x-ray after the match, but he was confident that he would be able to take his next start

By the time Gray was replaced by Adam Warren, the Yankees had a 7-0 lead. [19659002] They scored twice in the first on Stanton's sacrificial fly and one of the two brutal mistakes of Kansas City's stop-over Adalberto Mondesi and added a run when Austin Romine doubled in Neil Walker in 4.

The Yankees open the game later in the inning.

Andujar, hitting for Judge, hit another easy court short, but Mondesi made a stray throw on the first to extend the inning and Didi Gregorius followed a three-run homer.

Hicks' fifth consecutive straight and Gleyber Torres in the fifth led to another run, as Hicks returned home after Greg Bird's sacrificial run for the last Yankees race.

Zach Britton, acquired from the Orioles on Tuesday, made his Yankees debut and shot a perfect eighth to protect a five-point lead before Chasen Shreve closed it