Aaron Judge tied Joe DiMaggio for fourth place on the Yankees' all-time home run list on Thursday, going deep twice while leading New York to a 9-3 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers in the finale of a three-game series between American League playoff contenders.

Giancarlo Stanton also homered and Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a two-run single for the Yankees (81-65), who were outscored 23-3 while losing the first two games of the series. Ben Rice, Jose Caballero, Austin Slater and Cody Bellinger each had a RBI hit.

New York remained three games behind the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays (84-62) and broke a tie with the idle Red Sox (81-66) for the first wild-card spot. The Yankees visit Boston for a three-game series starting on Friday.

Dillon Dingler had a homer and an RBI single for the

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