Overview

• Judge turned on an inside pitch near 100 mph and banged it high off the left-field foul pole to tie the game 6-6 in the fourth inning.
• The swing came with the Yankees playing an elimination game against the Blue Jays in the Division Series.
• MLB and multiple outlets shared alternate angles that highlighted the foul-pole clang and the roaring Yankee Stadium reaction.
• Statisticians, including Sarah Langs, noted Judge now has six elimination-game home runs, tying David Ortiz for the most in postseason history.
• Analysts cast the homer as a signature October moment that reframes Judge’s postseason narrative, with some invoking parallels to Bucky Dent’s 1978 shot.