Judge drives in three runs as Yankees dump Jays

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TORONTO — Aaron Judge homered and drove in three runs as the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to 11 games with a 9-1 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.

Judge went deep in the sixth inning and added a two-run double in New York’s six-run seventh. Giancarlo Stanton tacked on a two-run shot in the ninth as the Yankees improved to an MLB-best 18-6 on the season.

Toronto starter Alek Manoah threw six strong innings before the Yankees turned on the Blue Jays’ bullpen. It was the first time this season that Toronto (15-10) has lost back-to-back games.

New York’s Jameson Taillon (2-1) allowed one earned run and five hits over six innings with four strikeouts.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., hit two doubles for Toronto. Bo Bichette and Alejandro Kirk added two hits apiece.

The Blue Jays fell 3 1/2 games behind New York in the American League East standings and will lose a series for the first time this year. The Yankees will go for a three-game sweep on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre.

Manoah opened the game by walking Aaron Hicks on four pitches and gave up a one-out single to Anthony Rizzo that put runners on the corners. He struck out Stanton and got Josh Donaldson on a comebacker to end the threat.

The Blue Jays had runners in scoring position in the first and fourth innings, but didn’t score until the fifth when Bichette drove in Kirk from second base with an RBI single.