The Aaron Judge Show arrived in Queens on Tuesday night and delivered again — even if the Yankees didn’t in their 6-3 loss to the Mets.
Judge entered with four homers in his previous four games and immediately improved on that number by drilling a solo shot to right that went an estimated 423 feet at 112 mph.
It was his MLB-leading 38th homer of the season as Judge’s onslaught of opposing pitching, regardless of opponent or ballpark, continued.
Aaron Judge belts a solo homer in the first inning of the Yankees’ 6-3 loss to the Mets. Jason Szenes
He also walked on four pitches with two outs in the top of the fourth, as the Mets and Taijuan Walker clearly pitched around Judge to load the bases for Anthony Rizzo.
Rizzo nearly made them pay, when he swung at a 3-0 pitch and hit it to the warning track in dead center, but Brandon Nimmo caught it to end the inning and keep the Yankees down by a pair of runs.
Judge reached base a third time with a single to left off ex-Yankee Adam Ottavino with one out in the seventh, moved to second when Rizzo was hit by a pitch and then stole third — although Rizzo was thrown out at second on the double-steal attempt — but was stranded there when Gleyber Torres popped out.
He’s now 16-for-28 with seven homers and 16 RBIs in his last seven games. Judge also has multiple hits in six of his last eight games and has driven in half of the team’s runs (12 of 24) in its last five games — which is good for Judge and not as good for the Yankees, who have lost three of those games.
New York City public schools are on track to lose close to 30,000 students by this fall, according to new city data.
Projections from the Office of Student Enrollment, shared with The Post Friday, showed the city Department of Education expects to enroll roughly 28,100 fewer students this fall, and another 2,300 students by the end of the school year.
The figures account for students in all geographic district schools — but do not include those enrolled in charter schools, schools for kids with disabilities, and other nontraditional public programs.
“Here’s what’s happening with the Department of Education,” Mayor Eric Adams said at an unrelated event this week.
“We have a massive hemorrhaging of students — massive hemorrhaging. We’re in a very dangerous place in the number of students that we are dropping,” he said.
Chancellor David Banks and Eric Adams’ new city budget decreased DOE funding as a result of the decreased enrollment.Matthew McDermott
By the end of next school year, the largest school district in the nation expects to serve a student population of just 760,439 children, the data show.
The DOE on Friday doubled down on School Chancellor David Banks’ focus on responding to students’ needs and making families feel heard to stem the tide.
Roughly 120,000 students have fled the school system over the last five years.
Roughly 120,000 students have fled the public school system over the last five years, according to the DOE.
Officials also pointed to national trends of decreased enrollment, attributing that to diminished birthrates, a lack of affordability, and relocations during the pandemic.
Adding that those problems can’t be solved in half of a year, they were optimistic about plans so far and in the works to lure families back to the public school system.
While most schools agreed with the enrollment projections, 656 schools citywide submitted feedback on the estimates for this fall.
More than a third of those schools reported expecting even fewer students than the DOE initially calculated, the data showed.
Still, 426 school administrators told the DOE they expect more students than the agency projected — that could have major impacts on schools’ preparations for the fall.
The DOE uses the projections to calculate how much money schools get under a controversial school funding formula that Banks has promised to revisit.
If those numbers are an undercount — as advocates and now, after approving the cuts, members of the City Council have suggested — that could hinder hiring decisions that happen over the summer, even if budgets are later right-sized for the number of students who show up next school year.
“CSA has been advocating that appeals should be heard right away,” said Craig DiFolco, a spokesperson for the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators.
Last year, close to half of schools saw fewer students than the DOE expected. Just 10% saw more, the data showed.
Meanwhile, city charter schools have seen record growth for the past six years, The Post has reported.
Overall enrollment has increased by 1.3% this year, according to figures from the New York City Charter School Center, and by 9% since the start of the pandemic.
The Yankees got plenty of “traffic,” as Aaron Boone likes to say, on Sunday night.
What they didn’t get was enough big hits to make Boston pay for all those base runners and it proved to be too much to overcome in a 4-3 loss in The Bronx, as the Yankees failed to complete a season-opening three-game sweep of their rivals.
In a third straight game decided by two runs or less, they left multiple runners in scoring position in the first, third and fifth innings. And although the bullpen pitched well again, a Bobby Dalbec homer off Clarke Schmidt in the sixth proved to be the deciding blow on a chilly night at the Stadium, where it was 48 degrees at first pitch.
They had the heart of the lineup up in the bottom of the ninth and Aaron Judge started it with an 11-pitch at-bat against Jake Diekman before he struck out. Giancarlo Stanton followed by whiffing, as well, leaving only the struggling Joey Gallo between the Yankees and their first defeat of the young season.
Giancarlo Stanton reacts after striking out. Getty Images
And predictably, Gallo fanned to end the game.
The night nearly got off to a disastrous start for the Yankees and Jordan Montgomery, who was making his first start of the year.
The lefty was drilled in the leg by a Xander Bogaerts comebacker and writhed on the ground in pain for several minutes before taking the mound again after several warm-up pitches to face J.D. Martinez.
After getting ahead of Martinez, 1-2, Montgomery went to a full count before Martinez laced an RBI double down the left-field line to give Boston a 1-0 lead.
Jordan Montgomery is drilled with a come backer in the first inning.Robert SaboJordan Montgomery lies on the ground after getting drilled by a line drive in the first inning. Robert Sabo
Montgomery then hit Dalbec with an 0-2 curveball to load the bases and draw a visit from pitching coach Matt Blake.
Christian Arroyo followed with a sacrifice fly to right to make it 2-0, but Isiah Kiner-Falefa made a nice play to his left on an Alex Verdugo grounder to avoid further damage.
The Yankees offense threatened in the bottom of the inning against right-hander Tanner Houck, with a one-out walk by Anthony Rizzo and a line-drive single by Judge to put runners on the corners for Stanton. Stanton lined to second and Gallo, after falling behind 0-2, drew a walk to load the bases.
But Gleyber Torres flied out to left to end the inning.
Montgomery shook off the leg injury and cruised through the next two innings, as the Yankees got back in the game in the bottom of the third.
Rizzo led off with a four-pitch walk and Judge followed with a bloop single down the right-field line. Stanton knocked in Rizzo with a base hit to left to get the Yankees to within 2-1.
Gallo lined to right for the first out before Torres was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but Aaron Hicks grounded into a double play for another wasted opportunity.
Joey Gallo reacts during the Yankees’ loss to the Red Sox.Robert Sabo
The Red Sox tacked on another run on a Jonathan Arauz sacrifice fly after Montgomery was yanked with two on and one out, replaced by Schmidt.
In the bottom of the inning, Kiner-Falefa got his first hit as a Yankee with a leadoff double and Jose Trevino followed with his first hit, a single to center.
Josh Donaldson then struck out looking for the third time against Houck.
Ryan Brasier came in to face Rizzo, threw a wild pitch and then gave up a two-run single to center that tied the game at 3-3.
Bobby Dalbec rounds third base after his sixth-inning home run gave the Red Sox the lead. Getty Images
A Stanton single and one-out double by Torres off the wall in right-center set up Hicks again in the fifth.
But Hicks popped out, eliciting some boos, and Kiner-Falefa struck out on a questionable check swing to keep the game tied, as the Yankees left eight runners on base in the first five innings.
Boston went ahead in the sixth, as Dalbec led off with an opposite-field shot.
The Yankees got the leadoff hitter on in both the seventh and eighth and stranded both at first.
WASHINGTON — Buck Showalter got two unused members of his bullpen involved Sunday as he had hoped, but the desired result didn’t follow.
Most notably, Trevor Williams surrendered a pair of eighth-inning hits, including Nelson Cruz’s two-run single that put the Nationals ahead for good. But that’s not to pin all of the Mets’ 4-2 loss at Nationals Park on the bullpen.
Pete Alonso committed a key throwing error in the inning after another questionable throw, and it shouldn’t be overlooked that the Mets were only 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position after starting the season strong in that category.
The Nationals tied it 2-2 in the eighth on Lucius Fox’s squeeze bunt that brought in pinch-runner Dee Strange-Gordon from third base. Alonso charged the ball but his underhand throw to the plate was high and Strange-Gorden slid under the tag. Chasen Shreve, who had worked the previous 1 ¹/₃ innings scoreless, stayed in the game to start the eighth and allowed a single to Yadiel Hernandez. Enter Williams, who allowed a single to Maikel Franco that put runners on the corners before Fox’s bunt tied it.
The Nationals’ Dee Strange-Gordon scores on a bunt in the eighth inning against the Mets on April 10, 2022.Getty ImagesChasen Shreve gave up a run in the Mets’ loss to the Nationals on April 10, 2022.Getty Images
After Williams recorded an out, Cesar Hernandez hit a grounder that could have been an inning-ending double play. Alonso fielded the ball and his throw pulled Francisco Lindor off second base. After Juan Soto grounded into a fielder’s choice, Cruz delivered the go-ahead hit.
Carlos Carrasco surrendered one run on two hits over 5 ²/₃ innings in joining Tylor Megill and Chris Bassitt among Mets starters who stifled the Nationals. In the case of Megill and Bassitt that meant combining to pitch 11 shutout innings.
Shreve was summoned with two outs in the sixth and retired Soto to end the inning before working a scoreless seventh. Showalter had been searching for a spot to get the lefty Shreve into a game this weekend.
The Mets’ bullpen wasted Carlos Carrasco’s effort in Sunday’s loss.Getty Images
The Mets used a pop and patience to score twice in the fourth and take a 2-1 lead. The pop came from Lindor, who homered against Erick Fedde leading off the inning. But with two outs the Mets started another rally, which included a walk to Dominic Smith following Eduardo Escobar’s double. Mark Canha drove in the go-ahead run with a single off the diving Soto’s glove in right field.
Cruz’s two-out homer in the first inning was the Nationals’ only damage inflicted upon Carrasco. It continued Carrasco’s trend from last season of getting dented in the first inning.
Romell Quioto scored into an empty net in the 81st minute and CF Montreal rallied late to defeat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 in MLS action on Saturday in Harrison, N.J.
Quioto netted the game-winner for Montreal (2-3-1) when he stole the ball from Carlos Coronel after catching the Red Bulls keeper way out in front of the net trying to clear the ball.
Omir Fernandez staked New York (3-2-1) to a 1-0 lead with a goal in the 14th minute. The lead held until Rudy Camacho pulled Montreal even with a goal in the 71st minute.
The Red Bulls outshot Montreal 14-9 with a 5-3 advantage in shots on goal.
Sebastian Breza saved four of the five shots he faced for Montreal.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani was outstanding for five innings on the mound, and he looked dangerous all night at the plate.
Framber Valdez and his Houston Astros were just a bit better everywhere while extending a remarkable decade of opening day dominance.
Valdez outpitched Ohtani with 6 2/3 innings of two-hit ball, and the Astros tied the longest opening day winning streak in major league history with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.
Alex Bregman had an early RBI single and a late homer as the Astros won their 10th straight season opener. That matches the mark posted in the late 19th century by the Boston Beaneaters — now the Atlanta Braves.
Valdez (1-0) was nearly untouchable in the late-blooming lefty’s first career start in April, striking out six. He retired 15 straight Angels after Matt Duffy’s single in the second, and exited only after Duffy’s soft infield single in the seventh.
“That guy, he’s a beast,” Houston catcher Martín Maldonado said. “He goes out there and he doesn’t talk too much. He just executes pitches.”
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Valdez’s lead still nearly slipped away in the seventh when Anthony Rendon missed a go-ahead homer by inches down the left-field line.
“When I saw the ball flying in the air, I got mad with myself that I didn’t make my best pitch,” said Valdez, who got Rendon to ground into a double play on the next pitch. “I just took a deep breath and threw my best pitch.”
Houston manager Dusty Baker had a different perspective on Rendon’s fly: “We were all blowing that ball foul.”
Ohtani (0-1) struck out nine while pitching one-run ball into the fifth inning for the Angels, who lost their season opener for the eighth time in nine years. Last season’s AL MVP went 0 for 4 at the plate while taking advantage of baseball’s offseason rule change allowing him to remain the designated hitter after he finishes pitching.
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Michael Brantley doubled and scored on Bregman’s single off Ohtani in the third. Bregman and Yordan Alvarez then homered off new Angels reliever Ryan Tepera in the eighth.
Los Angeles finally scored in the eighth when Alvarez couldn’t make a diving stab of David Fletcher’s two-out triple to left, but Hector Neris retired Ohtani on a high fly to right.
“The last at-bat, I thought it might have a chance,” Ohtani said through a translator. “Overall, I’m pretty satisfied with how I felt at the plate, even though the results weren’t there.”
Ohtani didn’t win, but he made more baseball history: He became the first player in baseball history to throw his team’s first pitch of the season — a 99 mph fastball in the dirt to José Altuve — and to face his team’s first pitch of the season at the plate.
Ohtani was impressive in his first career opening day start on the mound, particularly against Altuve: Ohtani struck out the Astros star three times, getting him with a nasty slider on his 80th and final pitch.
“I feel like I could have been better,” Ohtani said.
Ohtani became only the fourth pitcher to fan Altuve thrice in a game, but manager Joe Maddon pulled Ohtani early to preserve his arm after an abbreviated spring.
“Shohei, once again, nothing is too big for him,” Maddon said. “Nothing is too quick for him. I thought he looked really good. … I loved our effort. I loved everything about us today.”
Mike Trout went 1 for 4 with a ninth-inning single in the three-time AL MVP’s first game since missing the final 4 1/2 months of last season with an injured calf.
Rendon went 0 for 4 and made two stellar defensive plays in the $245 million third baseman’s first appearance since last July 4.
After Rendon flied out with Trout on base in the ninth, Ryan Pressly got Tyler Wade to ground into a game-ending double play, earning the save several hours after the Houston closer agreed to a $30 million, two-year contract.
Jessica Simpson proudly posted a sexy bikini selfie via Instagram on Thursday after shedding 100 pounds for the third time.
“I have gained and lost 100lbs 3x so I never thought this moment could or would happen, but I’m finally spring breakin’ wearin’ a BIKINI!!!!!!” the pop star-turned-billion-dollar fashion boss captioned the sizzling hot pic.
“Hard work. Determination. Self Love,” she continued, revealing what went into her fitness journey. “I enjoyed a good proud cry today ??☀️?”
Fans immediately flooded the “Irresistible” singer’s comments section with messages of love and support.
“❤️?? amazing accomplishment-not just the weight but the self confidence. Love to see it! And you look great!!” one impressed follower wrote, while another chimed in, “Stunning mama! Such an inspiration! ❤️❤️❤️”
Added one more, “So proud of all your hard work Jessica!!!”
Meanwhile, Simpson’s famous pal Paris Hilton left a series of flame emojis under the snap.
Simpson wore a printed bikini from her eponymous fashion brand. jessicasimpson.com
Others reminded the “Open Book” author that she is beautiful at any size.
“You look great Jess but please remember that you are beautiful no matter what you look like in a bikini,” one person wrote.
“Great message here Jessica but you’re always perfect no matter what,” another encouraged. “10 years ago, today and 10 years from now!”
In April 2021, Simpson — who shares kids Maxwell, 9, Ace, 8, and Birdie, 3, with husband Eric Johnson — revealed in a “Today” show interview that she threw out her scale following years of body image struggles.
“I threw it out,” she said of her scale, joking that it was like having a Ouija board in church. “[I have] no idea how much I weigh.”
Simpson — who faced particularly harsh body-shaming in 2009 after being photographed in a pair of high-waisted “mom jeans” — added that she has “really tried [her] hardest” to not let the public’s fascination with her weight fluctuations get to her.
The singer-turned-fashion designer said that “hard work, determination” and “self love” went into her fitness journey.@jessicasimpson/Instagram
DALLAS — Radek Faksa’s shorthanded goal midway through the second period gave the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.
Marian Studenic and Tyler Seguin also scored for the Stars, who moved into the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot. They’re a point ahead of Vegas and one point behind Nashville. Jake Oettinger made 19 saves.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Brock Nelson scored for the Islanders, who trail Washington by 11 points for the East’s final wild-card spot with 13 games to play. Semyon Varlamov stopped 37 shots on goal.
The tip in the crease by Faksa, the Stars’ checking line center, was saved but caromed off Pageau’s right blade behind Varlamov into the net at 10:29. It was an unlikely goal from Dallas’ special teams, which have gone 1 for 18 on power plays in the last seven games and 0 for 8 in the last three games.
Studenic scored the first goal 7:29 into the game and his first in seven games since being acquired off waivers from New Jersey on Feb. 24. He converted a rebound from the left circle for his second goal of the season and fourth in three NHL seasons. New York unsuccessfully challenged for goalie interference against Jamie Benn.
Stars’ Radek Faksa (No. 12) celebrates with Luke Glendening after scoring a shorthanded goal in the Islanders’ 3-2 loss. USA TODAY Sports
Pageau tied the score at 1 at 11:47 of the first period with a quick encore to his Sunday hat trick at New Jersey. He raced from the Isles’ blue line up right wing and ripped a wrister over Oettinger’s right shoulder.
Seguin put Dallas back ahead 46.6 seconds before the first period ended, redirecting Joel Hanley’s shot from the left point for his 20th of the season.
Nelson’s career-best 33rd goal 31 seconds into the second period tied the score 2-2. He slid a wrist shot between Oettinger’s pads from the slot on the rush. Nelson had a hat trick in the Islanders’ 4-2 home win over the Stars on March 19.
Noah Dobson had two assists for the Islanders for a career-high 40 points.
Charles Barkley guaranteed a Kansas victory over North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament championship game – and made sure Kenny Smith felt the Tar Heels loss.
After the Jayhawks beat the Tar Heels, 72-69 — and pulled off the biggest comeback in men’s NCAA Final history Monday night — Barkley taunted his “Inside the NBA” co-host, who was an All-American at North Carolina from 1983-87.
During the post-game broadcast, Smith appeared unamused while Barkley sang in his ear, and danced to “YMCA.”
North Carolina’s Caleb Love is emotional after the lossAP
Barkley continuously poked Smith and grabbed his shoulders while he sat in a sorrow over the loss.
Barkley, in the postgame TBS show on Saturday, guaranteed a Jayhawks national title.
“Not only are they going to play for a national championship on Monday, they are going to win the national championship Monday,” Barkley said at the time.
Charles Barkley celebrates Kansas’ win over North Carolina, Kenny Smith’s alma mater.Twitter
“And let me tell you something. Not only are they going to play for the National Championship Monday; they are going to *win* the National Championship Monday.”- Charles Barkley on the Kansas Jayhawks pic.twitter.com/28Fx2cCh9P
ORLANDO, Fla. — RJ Barrett, the one-time Duke star, watched the Final Four on Saturday from his hotel room and said he mostly noticed the walk-off after the game.
In particular, Barrett noticed Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski’s stoic demeanor in congratulating UNC coach Hubert Davis and the rest of the Tar Heels after his final game, losing in the national semifinals in a 81-77 heartbreaker in New Orleans.
RJ Barrett (left) and Mike Krzyzewski (right) while at Duke. Getty ImagesMike Krzyzewski congratulates Hubert Davis following Duke’s Final Four loss to North Carolina. USA TODAY Sports
“Man, that game was up, down and crazy,’’ Barrett said. “Tough for them to lose. I admire the way Coach K walked off the court. He always says ‘strong faces.’ He walked off like a champion. He’s the greatest ever to do it. It was his last time on the court and I’m just thankful I was able to be a part of that Duke history.’’
In his lone season at Duke in 2018-19, Barrett, Zion Williamson and Cam Reddish were ousted in the Elite Eight by Michigan State.
