The New York Yankees won the American League East title with a win over the Toronto BlueJays.
The Yankees won for the eighth time in their last nine games, thanks in part to the 14th win of the season by Jameson Taillon.
This has been difficult. The Yankees manager said in his postgame interview that the division is still good. We've been through a lot this year and we're going to enjoy this one tonight.
Judge, batting out of the leadoff spot, went 0 for 1 with two runs and four free passes.
Four days before the calendar turns to October, Kyle Higashioka had three hits and two runs to help the team win the division.
A lot of people are making a difference. Everyone is going to have to do it.
The Yankees, who at times appeared as if they'd run away from the American League pack before stumbling through August, appear to be on their way to the playoffs. Their win on Tuesday was their 39th away from home and 95th overall.
In August, we had some down times. They didn't get too down." They had faith that they would get through this.
Toronto fell to 17-9 in September and is still trying to get into the playoffs. George Springer scored two runs and hit a home run in the loss.
The Yankees will return to New York to open a three-game set with the Orioles on Friday.
The division title is New York's first in a long time.
Judge met and spent time with Matthews before the game. The first pitch was thrown by Matthews before Judge's first at-bat.
The AP contributed.
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