Aaron Judge's clutch home run leads Yankees to historic comeback in must-win Game 3 over Blue Jays

The New York Yankees are not done yet They rallied from a - deficit for their largest comeback win in an elimination meeting in franchise history taking Championship of the ALDS against the Toronto Blue Jays The Yankees scored eight unanswered runs in the middle innings to secure a - accomplishment They'll now turn to rookie Cam Schlittler whose first postseason start was a masterpiece in the Wild Card Series win over the Boston Red Sox as they face elimination again Wednesday night Meanwhile Blue Jays manager John Schneider will likely rely on a bullpen match to try to cool off a suddenly red-hot Yankees lineup CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMAfter being outscored - in the first two games the Yankees needed to strike early But the Yankee Stadium crowd was silenced almost straightaway by another Vladimir Guerrero Jr home run The red-hot slugger hammered a Carlos Rod n changeup over the left-center-field fence to make it - right away for Toronto The Yankees responded with a Giancarlo Stanton two-out single in the bottom of the first inning but the Blue Jays took the wind out of any Yankees sails in the top of the third BLUE JAYS' TREY YESAVAGE MAKES MLB PLAYOFF HISTORY IN DOMINANT YANKEES STUNNERToronto put up a four-spot as a slew of RBI singles from Daulton Varsho Ernie Clement and Anthony Santander made it a - challenge and knocked Rod n out much like Max Fried in Tournament when he couldn t go more than three innings But the Yankees continued to hang around and responded as Aaron Judge hit an RBI double in the bottom half of the third while Stanton came through again with a sacrifice fly to number Cody Bellinger and make it a - challenge The Blue Jays still owned a solid lead after three innings but the Yankees were just looking for that one break and one moment that could potentially turn everything around in this series That s what they got when what seemed to be an easy pop-up by Austin Wells turned into a crucial error by Addison Barger in short left field With Wells on second base and Trent Grisham walking Judge came to the plate with a chance to tie the meeting with one swing Judge has been critiqued heavily for his postseason career and though he has a playoff-high total of hits thus far he hasn t done what he does best hit the ball out of the ballpark If there was ever a time for another signature Judge moment this was it against Louis Varland the Blue Jays high-leverage reliever who has given up two long balls to No in his career With a two-strike count Judge swung at a mph fastball well off the plate inside and roped it down the left-field line It banged off the foul pole for a three-run home run to tie the event at six and the Yankee faithful awoke with a collective roar Of curriculum the Yankees knew the challenge was only tied and they needed more runs to keep their season alive In the bottom of the fifth Jazz Chisholm Jr knew he got all of a Varland fastball when he hammered it to the second deck in right field for the unit s first lead of the series Wells added specific insurance with an RBI single to make it - The Yankees now holding a - lead thanks to a Ben Rice sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth needed nine outs from their top two bullpen arms Devin Williams and David Bednar to move on to Encounter Williams came through with four outs including two strikeouts while Bednar provided the final five outs without allowing a hit New York also wouldn t have been in position to win this match if it weren t for Fernando Cruz Camilo Doval and Tim Hill shutting down the Blue Jays offense while the Yankees chipped away at the deficit Contest will be an p m ET first pitch at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter