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Aaron Judge’s season-saving home run Tuesday night wasn’t just any long ball.
The likely three-time MVP tied the game with a three-run blast after hitting a 99.7 mph pitch on a foot-in that deflected off the foul pole. It was the first time a pitch so fast and so deep was hit for a home run since pitch tracking began in 2008. It was also the first time Judge hit a home run on a pitch faster than 99.5 mph.
Normally, when a ball that deep is dragged into the air, it results in a foul. But not this one, and Judge may have some Yankees legends to thank.
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New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (99) hits a three-run home run in the fourth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays during Game 3 of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)
“You never know with the wind if it’s going to push you out and keep turning or not,” Judge said. “But I guess a couple of ghosts in Monument Park helped make that fair.”
Judge also made a joke, with a touch of shade to critics, about swinging at a pitch outside the zone.
“They yell at me for hitting them out of the zone, but now they praise me for it,” he said.
Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees celebrates hitting a three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fourth inning of Game 3 of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium on October 7, 2025 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
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The three-run jack completed the Yankees’ comeback after trailing 6-1, forcing Carlos Rodón to leave the game before the third inning ended. Jazz Chisholm Jr. added a solo shot in the fifth, and the Yankees added two more as the faltering bullpen turned around to record 22 outs without allowing a run.
The Yankees entered the contest one loss away from elimination in the best-of-five American League Division Series against their AL East rivals, the Toronto Blue Jays. For a while, it looked like the Blue Jays were going to sweep.
Instead, the two foes will return to the Bronx on Wednesday night at 7:08 pm ET on FS1.
New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (99) hits an RBI double in the third inning against the Toronto Blue Jays during Game 3 of the ALDS on October 7, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)
Six days after eight scoreless innings against the Boston Red Sox, rookie sensation Cam Schlittler will go for the Yankees, while the Blue Jays will opt for a bullpen game started by Louis Varland, the same pitcher who allowed that fateful home run to Judge.
