Yanks believe Judge will get going at the plate

KANSAS CITY — By Aaron Judge’s count, his three trips to the batter’s box on Monday night yielded a grand total of two pitches that he could have done damage with. Both landed in Royals catcher Salvador Perez’s glove as called strikes.

After striking out in all three of his at-bats during the Yankees’ 8-5 loss, twice looking, Judge said that he was able to turn the page quickly. The rookie outfielder’s focus is on getting a few more pitches to hit, and not missing them.

“There’s good pitchers in this league, man,” Judge said. “They’re going to nibble around the strike zone. You might just get one mistake, maybe two mistakes a game. You just can’t miss it. In the Minor Leagues, they might make a couple more mistakes, maybe hang a slider or curveball or something. You’ve just got to capitalize on it.”

Since beginning his Major League career with seven hits, including two homers, in his first 18 at-bats, Judge went into a 2-for-28 skid with 16 strikeouts entering Tuesday. The Yankees have said that Judge will continue to play every day in right field; Tuesday marked his 14th start in 16 games.

“The thing is, we believe in him. No one said it was going to be easy,” manager Joe …

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