He didn’t make any explosions with his bat in this short-but-stressful postseason series, but when the Yankees recorded the final out of the AL Wild Card Series on Thursday night, Aaron Judge let one loose with his mouth.

“BOOM!” he yelled from his spot in right field, pumping his fist once before jogging toward the mound to join his celebrating teammates.

The list of heroes for the home team in this season-extending 4-0 victory is a long one. It starts with Cam Schlittler, of course, who only had one of the greatest postseason starts in baseball history. It continues with Cody Bellinger, who sparked a four-run fourth-inning rally by turning a harmless-looking blooper to right field into a double. It even includes Ryan McMahon, who landed in the Boston dugout after a head-over-hee

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