NEW YORK — When Yimi Garcia hit Josh Donaldson in the sixth inning of Tuesday’s game, the Yankees were ready in the dugout – Aaron Judge, already slinging his leg over the railing, Miguel Castro looking like a cat ready to pounce.
There didn’t end up being a brawl – though the Blue Jays were served with three ejections before the night was over – but the game proved that the slow simmer surrounding these American League East rivals is quickly starting to boil, with the promise of a lot more as the stakes get higher and the season matures. And just like that sixth inning, Judge is – and will be – ready.
With one out and two on in the ninth inning, Judge hit a monster walk-off home run off Jordan Romano – a no-doubter to the second deck in left, as the Yankees came from behind to defeat the Blue Jays 6-5. It was his second career walk-off hit.
