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Aaron Judge awoke on Saturday night after a brief postseason slumber.
It still wasn’t enough to fend off the Guardians in a wild Game 3 of the ALDS.
But if the Yankees are going to extend their season past Sunday, they will need Judge to do more of what he did Saturday in what became an excruciating 6-5, walk-off loss to the Guardians at Progressive Field.
Judge, who was dropped from the leadoff spot and hit second for the first time since Sept. 8, entered his at-bat in the third inning 0-for-9 with eight strikeouts in the ALDS. But he got a gift from Guardians right-hander Triston McKenzie in the form of a 94 mph fastball right down the middle, which he demolished 449 feet to center field for a two-run home run that tied the game at two.
“Judgey hit the homer, it does settle us a little bit and inject some life into us,” manager Aaron Boone said.
