There are 19 regular-season games to go for Aaron Judge and the Yankees. Nineteen to seal the AL East crown and the No. 2 postseason seed, and 19 for their star slugger to complete the quest for a home run total that fittingly has endured for 61* years.

With the Yankees pushing their divisional lead back to 6.5 games after taking eight of their past 10, Judge will continue his assault this weekend in Milwaukee on the long-standing American League record and franchise high of 61 homers set by Roger Maris in 1961, eclipsing the hallowed previous mark of another pinstriped legend — a fellow named Babe Ruth, who was the first MLB player to reach 60 in 1927.

Judge belted homers No. 56 and 57 on Tuesday night in Boston, tying him for the sixth-highest total in AL history with Alex Rodriguez’s career-best 57 with the Rangers in 2002.

Of course, the six best single-season totals were posted in the National League by three of A-Rod’s fellow steroids-era sluggers: Barry Bonds (73 in 2002), Mark McGwire (70 in 1998 and 65 in 1999) and Sammy Sosa (65 in 1998, 64 in 2001 and 63 in 1999). Yankees teammate Giancarlo Stanton also clubbed 59 for the Marlins in 2017.