Aaron Judge celebrated his return to the Sacramento area by hitting two home runs for the New York Yankees against the Athletics to extend his major league lead to 14.

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Aaron Judge acted like a team captain well before owner Hal Steinbrenner officially gave him the title after the outfielder signed his nine-year, $364 million free-agent contract in December 2022.

There will be many firsts in West Sacramento now that the A’s have brought Major League Baseball temporarily to the capital region. For Yankees superstar Aaron Judge, the weekend marks the first time he’s playing professional baseball in the town in which he was born.