SEOUL, South Korea (Yonhap) – Major League Baseball’s most dominant slugger, Aaron Judge (31, New York Yankees), returned to the starting lineup for the first time in 55 days. Jersey started the game as the No. 2 designated hitter against the visiting Baltimore Orioles of the 2023 Major League Baseball World Series at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., on Monday (July 29).In his first at-bat, Jersey hit a fastball up to 168 miles per hour, but it flew directly into the right-field corner. The next at-bat, he drew three walks to avoid facing him. He finished the game 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout .In right field against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on April 4, Judge made a huge catch of a J.D. Martinez fly ball that crashed into the fence in the bottom of the eighth inning .It was a play that prevented a run from scoring, but it also caused him to stub his toe. The impact was hard enough to open the bullpen doors on the outfield side. He spent nearly two months on the sidelines after a medical examination revealed a torn ligament in his toe. It had been 55 days since June 4 since he was in the big league starting lineup .Judge wore a spike today with added protection to prevent a recurrence casinositekingcom of the injury.” I’m still not 100 percent, but I’m in ‘stable condition,'” he told MLB.com, adding, “We have to make sure it doesn’t recur. If it comes back, it could be a problem next year, the next year, the next year. That’s why I’ve been rehabbing cautiously. “The Yankees were also cautious, deciding to activate Judge six hours before the start of the game .For the time being, Judge will play designated hitter .But he’s also been working on defense and baserunning lately.” My goal was to come back in Baltimore,” he said. I’m going to try to get back to playing defense and running the bases like I used to,” he said .Judge hit 62 home runs last year, breaking the MLB American League (AL) record for most home runs in a season (61) set by Roger Maris in 1961.He also led the AL in RBI (131), runs scored (133), on-base percentage (.425), and slugging percentage (.686), earning AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors. When he became a free agent after the 2022 season, he signed a massive nine-year, $360 million contract with his original team, the Yankees. He is batting .290 with 19 home runs and 40 RBIs this season after missing time due to injury. The Yankees fell to Baltimore 0-1 on the day.With the score tied at 0-0 and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, Anthony Santander hit a game-winning home run to right-center off Yankees Tommy Kane.