Blue Jays-Yankees: Aaron Judge hits a three-run homer to tie the score in Game 3 of the ALDS

Facing elimination in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, Aaron Judge delivered for the New York Yankees.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, he turned a 99 mph four-seam pitch from Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Louis Varland into a 373-foot shot that ricocheted off the foul pole, scoring Austin Wells and Trent Grisham.

It was Judge’s first homer this year on a pitch outside the strike zone.

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The timing was huge, as it tied the score at 6-6 after New York had been down 6-1 earlier in the contest. Only four teams in MLB postseason history have erased a five-run deficit to elimination, most recently the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the 2012 National League Division Series against the Washington Nationals.

Judge’s game-tying homer was his 11th hit of this postseason, the most by a Yankee in the club’s first six postseason games since Hideki Matsui and Alex Rodriguez each had 11 in 2004. Teams trailing by at least five points facing elimination were 4-129 (.030) entering today.

ESPN Research contributed to this report.