That was neither a bird nor a plane sailing over the right-field wall Friday night. It was Aaron Judge’s first home run in a week.

Aaron Judge isn't letting his own struggles or those of the New York Yankees get him down. After the Yankees' dropped their sixth consecutive game with a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, Judge told reporters they "can't mope" because every MLB season is full of peaks and valleys for every team.

Following Friday night’s loss, Yankees manager Aaron Boone acknowledged that a day off could benefit the third-year shortstop and said it would “probably” come in Sunday’s series finale against the Baltimore Orioles. Volpe was in the lineup Saturday, batting seventh, to face O’s starter Zach Eflin.