It’s Tuesday, August 5 and the Yankees (60-53) are in Arlington to take on the Rangers (59-55). Will Warren is slated to take the mound for New York against Nathan Eovaldi for Texas. The storyline ahead of this game was not the epic loss for the Yankees to extend its losing streak to four games on Monday night, but the return of Aaron Judge.

As the ball left his bat, Joc Pederson looked toward the Rangers dugout and emphatically shouted: “Don’t \[MESS\] with me!” before flinging his bat and beginning his home run trot. The announced crowd of 33,

Jacob deGrom breaks Randy Johnson's record to become the fastest MLB pitcher to 1,800 strikeouts during the Texas Rangers' 5-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

To end the second inning of the game, deGrom struck out Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford. This was the 1,800th strikeout of his career, and according to the MLB ’s official X account, he is the fastest pitcher to reach this milestone in games and innings.