Aaron Judges clutch Yankees homer was also a personal best

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.Heroes and zeros from the Yankees’ 9-6 Game 3 win over the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night: There is your moment, Aaron Judge.

The Yankees captain, who has faced scrutiny in plenty of Octobers and this one, would not allow his team to lose.He demolished a game-tying three-run homer off the left field foul pole and soon after saved a run with a diving play in right field.The typically excellent Blue Jays defense let them down.

Misplays by Isiah Kiner-Falefa at second, Addison Barger at third and Anthony Santander in right field led to Yankees runs.Jazz Chisholm Jr.picked a nice time for his first postseason homer, clubbing a go-ahead shot in the fifth.99.7 mph: The speed of the fastball that Judge crushed.

He had hit 384 regular-season and postseason homers before that swing, and none had resulted from a pitch thrown that fast.“It was best-player-in-the-game type performance.” — Aaron Boone on Aaron Judge...