Expert recap and game analysis of the New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals MLB game from June 11, 2025 on ESPN.

With Aaron Judge getting at least the start of the night off, the Yankees struggled to do much without him before scrapping a run across.

The game got so far away from New York that both teams put a position player on the mound in the ninth inning, but Judge did his usual thing, mashing a pair of long balls for the Yankees' only runs.

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In a month where he slugged .798 and posted an OPS north of 1.250, Judge hit 11 homers and racked up 20 extra-base hits. That’s not just impressive — it puts him in a club of Yankees legends who dominated baseball decades ago, when balls were heavier, stadiums bigger, and “launch angle” wasn’t a buzzword.