The New York Yankees were on the brink of elimination when they faced the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the ALDS Tuesday. After falling behind 0-2 in the best-of-five series, New York mounted a five-run comeback keyed by Aaron Judge’s game-tying three-run home run .

Judge’s heroics helped New York stave off an early playoff exit. The reigning AL MVP also boosted his postseason cred with the clutch homer. And former Yankee Curtis Granderson pushed back on the narrative that Judge shrinks when the lights are brightest.

“The thing is he’s been delivering. Yeah there are some times where he’s not going to get it done every time. But he’s up there in homer ranks for the Yankees historically in the postseason,” Granderson said via Yahoo Sports Daily. “He had ten hits in this postseason

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