Yankees and Red Sox lined up Tuesday | Aaron Judge returns, Brett Gardner sits

NEW YORK — The long awaited return of Aaron Judge in Yankees training is over.

After two simulated games in two days, Judge will be the Yankees right-back on Tuesday night for the first game of the series at Yankee Stadium against the Boston Red Sox.

On July 26, Judge suffered a broken right wrist on a toe kick. He was sidelined until last Friday when he was activated from the injured list and played two innings in the right field at night.

Throughout the weekend, Judge was active in conditions where he would not be allowed to hit in a match, but his at-beats in the Monday and Tuesday morning games convinced the Yankees that he was in good shape. health.

Tuesday's game was supposed to be played at 1:05 pm, but the rainy afternoon weather forecast prompted the Yankees to make the decision to postpone the start to 7:05 pm.

The Red Sox are playing in this three-game series with a win to win the AL East title, while the Yankees are poised to clinch a playoff spot and play realistically in the final two weeks of the regular season. -Field advantage in the Wild Card AL game, which will be played on October 3rd.

Here are the queues:

Statistics of 2018: Giants & Yankees, .252 average, 527 AB, 73 runs, 133 hits, 29 doubles, 2 triples, 19 HR, 62 RBI, 85 BB, 137 K, 14 SB, 7 CS, 0.766 OPS, 144 games.

Statistics of 2018: .270 average, 478 AB, 83 races, 129 hits, 23 doubles, 5 triples, 26 HR, 84 RBI, 47 BB, 65 K, 10 SB, 6 CS, .838 OPS, 127 games.

Statistics of 2018: Average 265, 573 AB, 93 races, 152 visits, 31 doubles, 1 triple, 34 HR, 89 RBI, 63 BB, 199 K, 5 SB, 0 CS, 0.842 OPS, 147 games.