Judge powers N.Y. win

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge’s home runs are becoming the thing of legend to opposing pitchers. He can beat them in other ways, too.

Judge hit an early homer off respected Twitter rival Marcus Stroman, then scored on a disputed play during a seven-run burst in the sixth inning that sent the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 Saturday.

“He wins so many pitches over the course of the game up there. You better execute when you’re facing him or you’re in trouble,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.

Judge put the Yankees up 2-0 with his sixth homer, a two-run drive in the third that landed in the second deck in left field. It came after Stroman and Judge exchanged tweets at the end of last season during which the Toronto ace said their “future battles will be legendary.”

Judge is now 7 for 16 with four home runs against Stroman (0-2).

TORRES COMING UP

Top prospect Gleyber Torres is being called up to the Yankees, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.

The 21-year-old infielder will join the Yankees before today’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Torres has hit .347 with three doubles, one triple, one home run and 11 RBIs for Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre of the International League. He was removed from the RailRiders' 6-5 loss to Toledo on Saturday after six innings.

Torres was at second base for the sixth time this season on Saturday — starting there for the second straight day— and also has played nine games at shortstop and nine games at third. His promotion was first reported by the Yankees' YES Network.