Judge hits 3-run HR in 9th to give Yanks victory over Jays

It took Aaron Judge exactly 600 major-league games to hit his first walk-off home run.

When he finally connected Tuesday night, the soaring drive certainly measured up to the moment.

Judge hit a mammoth threerun shot in the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees a scintillating 6-5 comeback victory over the rival Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.

“What a game,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “A heavyweight game. Those are fun ones to be a part of.”

Giancarlo Stanton tied it with a modest three-run shot in the sixth, and the Yankees rallied for their 14th victory in 16 games after three Toronto ejections left the angry Blue Jays seeing red.

New York overcame a shaky start from Luis Severino and improved to 21-8, the best record in the majors.

George Springer launched a leadoff homer for Toronto, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ripped a tiebreaking double in the eighth that helped the Blue Jays take a 5-3 lead on Alejandro Kirk’s sacrifice fly.

But in the ninth Jose Trevino and DJ Lemahieu drew consecutive one-out walks from Jordan Romano (1-2) before Judge sent a hanging 1-2 slider 450 feet into the second deck in left field.

It was the 10th home run of the season for Judge, who began the night tied for the major-league lead. His 167 previous home runs were the fifth-most among active players without a walk-off shot.

Red Sox 9, Braves 4: At Atlanta, Rafael Devers hit his first career grand slam and the Red Sox broke out for clean-shaven manager Alex Cora in a win that ended a five-game skid.

Devers hit a fastball from Kyle Wright 432 feet off the centerfield scoreboard behind the Braves’ bullpen.

“I got a good pitch to hit,” said Devers through a translator. “If it was in the zone, I was going to put a good swing on it.”

Devers also had a double and a walk.

The slam, Devers’ fifth homer, was the highlight of Boston’s six-run second inning. Trevor Story had a two-run single in the ninth.