Aaron Judge hits 61st home run in Yankees' win over the Blue Jays

Aaron Judge slugged his 61st home run of the season in the Yankees' win over the Blue Jays.|Art or Photo Credit: AP

TORONTO -- Two slugging right fielders taking their swings in Yankees uniforms 61 years apart, one assigned No. 9 and the other sporting a super-sized No. 99. Roger Maris and Aaron Judge are forever linked as legends of this storied franchise, now the only men in its history to hit 61 home runs in a single season.

Judge equaled Maris’ single-season American League home run record with a two-run blast off reliever Tim Mayza on Wednesday, a tiebreaking seventh-inning rocket that helped propel the Yankees to an 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

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