On Saturday night, the New York Yankees prevailed 5-4 over the Houston Astros.

The victory improved New York’s record to 67-69, and it was the Yankees’ second straight over the World Series champions.

The Yankees are effectively playing out the string at this point, as they are 8.5 games behind in the race for the third wild card slot. Houston is now 77-60 and 1.0 games back in the race for first place in the American League West. The second wild card position is theirs to use.

Aaron Judge Һit his 31st home run of the season in the victory. He went 1-for-4 with a home run that contributed to Yankees lore.

Statistics Canada (@StatsCentre) reports:

In Saturday night’s 5-4 win over the Astros, Aaron Judge Һit his 32nd home run of the season (in just 82 games) to bring his MLB career total to 251. Thus, he now ranks 10th on this list of franchises.

Just making the top 10 is a testament to Judge’s greatness as a player. He is averaging over 30 home runs a season in his eighth season in the majors.

See how hard he Һits.With 30 home runs and 58 runs batted in, he Һit for a total of 265. His career batting average is.282.

As part of ‘Sunday Night Baseball,’ the Yankees and Astros will meet once more this coming Sunday.

New York’s Michael King will take the mound against Houston’s Cristian Javier.