Joe won’t budge Judge in lineup

BOSTON — Struggling slugger Aaron Judge is staying in the No. 3 spot in the Yankees’ batting order. “I’m not going to move him,” Joe Girardi said after the 25-year-old rookie Judge went 0-for4 with three strikeouts and a walk in Saturday’s 4-3 victory over the Red Sox. “He’s still dangerous. He’s still getting on at a pretty high clip, and he’s on in front of some other guys that are swinging the bat pretty well. So he’s going to stay there.”

Over his last three games, Judge — who has now struck out at least once in a major league-record 36 straight games — is 1-for-12 with seven strikeouts and two walks. He is 4-for-27 with runners in scoring position in the second half. the next month and the next year as well.”

Montgomery gave up three runs on four hits in five innings on Friday night against Boston.

“He’s going to go down, he’ll have a short start in Triple-A and then we’ll evaluate where we are,” Girardi said. Montgomery should be back when the rosters expand come Sept. 1.