The New York Yankees topped the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 last night in Toronto.
Accused by Toronto of cheating by shifting his eyes towards the dugout the night before, Aaron Judge not only responded with a tiebreaking, 2-run homer, he actually broke a maple leaf.
Judge’s eighth-inning homer, which chipped the corner off a sign attached to a wall in the Rogers Centre’s center field party deck, lifted the Yankees to a contentious win after pitcher Domingo Germán was ejected for sticky stuff. Judge has 5 homers in his last 4 games, raising his season total to 11 homers with 26 RBI.
Isaiah Kiner-Falefa also homered for New York, and Gleyber Torres had 2 hits and 2 RBI. Kevin Kiermaier homered for Toronto, and Bo Bichette hit an RBI double. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit an RBI single but was also removed from the game after 8 innings because of a sore right knee.
The Yankees improve to 25-19 on the season while dropping the Blue Jays to 24-18. The 2 teams will meet again today in game 3 of the 4-game series.