NEW YORK – The bases were full in the fifth inning on Saturday as Aaron Judge stared at a pair of called strikes ruled to have nicked the inside corner. The Yankees didn’t see it that way. Aaron Boone howled from the top step of the dugout, earning his Major League-leading seventh ejection of the season, punctuated by tossing his gum as he stormed off the Yankee Stadium playing field.

Judge nodded, appreciative of his manager going to battle, then got back to work. Having already slugged his 53rd home run, the captain ripped a two-run single to help seal the Yankees’ 6-1 victory over the Orioles, firming his case for a third American League Most Valuable Player Award with the postseason looming .

Giancarlo Stanton also belted his 453rd career homer, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski (4

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