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For seven postseasons in pinstripes, Giancarlo Stanton has his fair share of heroics. Aaron Judge that delivered his iconic October moment Tuesday.
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An inning after Judge tied Game 3, Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit his first home run of the postseason and Austin Wells drove in another run to give the Yankees an 8-6 lead. It is their first lead of the series. Toronto has a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five.
Injured Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole cited a current player as well. Tapping on his iPad, he pulled up video of a home run he said was similar — one he allowed on April 13, 2022, to none other than Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
When you’re the big guy, not just in stature but in skill, the focus never goes off you. Not even for a moment.
It's part of the reason why Jazz Chisholm cranked his first homer of the postseason, a missile to right field off Varland, the following inning. It's why the Yankees tacked on a couple more runs after the Chisholm homer. Or why a bullpen that has underachieved all season suddenly covered 6⅓ innings of scoreless baseball. It starts with Judge.
With the Yanks down by three in the bottom of the fourth, Judge smashed a three-run homer off the left-field foul pole—his first dinger of the postseason—to tie the score 6–6 and give New York an actual fighting chance of winning the contest and living to see another game.
Facing elimination in Game 3 of the ALDS, Aaron Judge delivered for the New York Yankees. In the bottom of the fourth inning, he turned a 99 mph four-seamer from Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Louis Varland into a 373-foot shot that ricocheted off the foul pole, scoring Austin Wells and Trent Grisham.
Aaron Judge knew he had New York Yankees legends watching over him on his three-run home run that his off the foul pole on Tuesday night.
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge continues to show his value, coming up clutch to help rescue the Bronx Bombers’ season on Tuesday night.