Aaron Judge’s clutch Yankees homer was also a personal best

Heroes and zeros from the Yankees’ 9-6 Game 3 win over the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night:

Hero

There is your moment, Aaron Judge.

The Yankees captain, who has faced scrutiny in plenty of Octobers and this one, would not allow his team to lose.

He demolished a game-tying three-run homer off the left field foul pole and soon after saved a run with a diving play in right field.

Zero

The typically excellent Blue Jays defense let them down. Misplays by Isiah Kiner-Falefa at second, Addison Barger at third and Anthony Santander in right field led to Yankees runs.

Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) three run home run during the fourth inning. Robert Sabo for NY Post

Unsung hero

Jazz Chisholm Jr. picked a nice time for his first postseason homer, clubbing a go-ahead shot in the fifth.

Jazz Chisholm belts the go-ahead homer in the fifth inning of the Yankees’ comeback win over the Blue Jays in Game 3 of the ALDS. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

Key Stat

99.7 mph: The speed of the fastball that Judge crushed. He had hit 384 regular-season and postseason homers before that swing, and none had resulted from a pitch thrown that fast.

Quote of the night

“It was best-player-in-the-game type performance.”

— Aaron Boone on Aaron Judge