Speaking to reporters after the game, John Schneider, the Blue Jay skipper, admitted that he does an incredible job of understanding what's coming his way at the dish. Judge knows better than anyone that guys want to pitch around him, and that's what Chris Bassitt attempted to do.

Judge’s solo shot to right-center field in the bottom of the sixth broke a 1-1 tie with Toronto, the swing that sparked a late rally in a 5-1 win, the Yankees’ second victory of the day. The Yankees crushed the Jays in Game 1 earlier in the afternoon, an 11-2 blowout.

Chris Bassitt has a deep bag and loves to dig through it for something new. The 36-year-old Blue Jays starting pitcher has thrown eight different pitches in his MLB career (not counting the many variations of each),