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00:00The Yankees win 9-6 in Game 3 of the ALDS.

00:05Coming back from 6-1, down in the third inning,

00:09they piece together, hit after hit after hit,

00:11get some luck with a dropped ball by the third baseman,

00:14and then the Aaron Judge moment happens.

00:18A three-run home run to tie it at 6.

00:21Jazz with the go-ahead home run to make it 7-6.

00:25The Yankees piece together a couple more runs against this Blue Jays bullpen,

00:28and now, Tommy, the Yankees go to Game 4 tomorrow at 7 o'clock.

00:32Their ace, Cam Schlittler, on the mound.

00:35I'm calling him the ace considering what he's giving them,

00:37and they're going to face a Blue Jays bullpen game

00:40in a game that can force Game 5 back to Toronto.

00:45Your thoughts?

00:46Huge. Momentum-changing win.

00:49Everybody was down in the dumps, thought the season was over.

00:536-1. Carlos Rodon gives you nothing.

00:55That's a remarkable win for the Yankees.

00:59Remarkable.

01:00They showed fight that we hadn't seen for a bit.

01:02Yep.

01:03Hadn't seen it at all this series.

01:04The bats hadn't gotten going.

01:05I don't care about that.

01:06I stand by not caring about those seven runs in Game 2.

01:10That was great.

01:12The bullpen was the difference maker tonight.

01:14Lights out.

01:15Six and two-thirds scoreless innings tonight.

01:17That was the difference.

01:17Obviously, Aaron Judge is homer.

01:19He finally gets his moment.

01:20That swung the whole thing.

01:21But the bullpen keeping it at 6-1, keeping you in the game, was gigantic.

01:27They were horrible in Game 1, taking out heel.

01:30Luke Weaver gave up a few huge runs.

01:32Will Warren was terrible in Game 2.

01:35Keeping it at 6-1 was huge, and the offense showed a ton of fights.

01:40Fernando Cruz, amazing, coming in in a tough situation with a man on base,

01:44getting out of it, and pitching well in the next inning.

01:47Tim Hill, incredible.

01:48It was a huge out for Tim Hill.

01:50Huge outs.

01:51And then Devin Williams and Duvall, just give them the ball,

01:54and they're just getting outs for you.

01:56And then you close it with Bednar.

01:57There were only 21-22 pitches there for Bednar to get the five outs there.

02:02That's really impressive.

02:04And look, Aaron Judge, we can't state it enough.

02:06We said it all week leading up into this because of how bad his first two games were.

02:12The fact that he struck out with the bases loaded in Game 1,

02:15and all the talk surrounding him was this guy is just not built for the postseason.

02:18He can't handle the moment.

02:19Tonight, on a pitch that should not have been hit for a home run by any other human on this planet.

02:25I am not kidding you.

02:26I am not trying to speak like crazy,

02:30but I don't believe any other human being on this planet could have hit that ball

02:34the way Aaron Judge did tonight for a home run.

02:36That was incredible.

02:37Keeping it fair.

02:39Keeping that pitch fair way in on your hands and hammering it was incredible.

02:44It was off the pole.

02:45You don't see that very often.

02:46When you're saying off the pole, you usually see it off the net,

02:50which gives you another couple feet.

02:52This did not have much left.

02:54If that was probably less than a foot to the left, it's a foul ball,

02:59and who knows where this game goes.

03:01Incredible to keep that fair.

03:02Down 0-2 in the count.

03:03Down 0-2 in the count.

03:06That's the at-bat the Yankee fans have been looking for.

03:09Facing Varland, one of their best relievers.

03:10Pumping 100.

03:12It's been a lot of singles from Aaron Judge.

03:14A lot of passing the baton.

03:16Finally, they passed the baton to the guy, and he does the damage.

03:19He needs to do the damage.

03:20He has to stop passing the baton, and he did it.

03:24That's the sixth home run from Aaron Judge in elimination games in the playoffs.

03:28Shocked to see that.

03:28Shocked to see it.

03:29It ties David Ortiz for the most all-time in postseason history.

03:33So, for all the talk of Aaron Judge not being able to get it done in the postseason,

03:37he's hitting over 500 people, and tonight just put the absolute cherry on top

03:41for what he's done so far.

03:43And this, hopefully, hopefully, Tommy, can propel this offense and this team

03:49to take that next step and take game four by the throat.

03:52You have a prime opportunity.

03:54Your best pitcher in the postseason, Cam Schliller, is going on the mound tomorrow.

03:59He gets to prove himself again.

04:01Another opportunity for him to dominate.

04:03He didn't do well against the Blue Jays in the regular season for the time he faced

04:06and got pulled in the second inning.

04:08Gave up four earned runs.

04:10This is his chance to get some retribution.

04:12This is his chance to say, I can stay off elimination for another day.

04:16And I'm looking forward to seeing how Aaron Judge can continue what he's doing right

04:19now in this postseason.

04:20I do think you're a little early to calling him an ace.

04:22It's fine.

04:22It's one start.

04:24I guess postseason matters a lot more.

04:26But tomorrow is when he can make that maybe.

04:30Solidify.

04:30I don't know about solidify, but make you start feeling maybe that he does have

04:34a little bit of that in him.

04:37It would be great.

04:38It would be really cool.

04:38I know it was personal for him playing Boston, playing the hometown,

04:42eliminating a lot of his, I'm sure, friends and family's team.

04:46He doesn't have that tomorrow.

04:48He has keeping his team alive, but he doesn't have that personal factor

04:53that he felt when he came to Boston.

04:54So we'll see.

04:56Did he need that?

04:57Was that the difference in it, having that sort of motivation, that connection?

05:00Or is he a guy that has the stones to go out in a big moment

05:03and keep his team alive?

05:05We're going to find out tomorrow.

05:07He pitched really badly against the Blue Jays in the regular season

05:10in his final start against him, at least.

05:12We're going to find out.

05:14We're really going to find out.

05:15I loved what I saw from the lineup tonight.

05:17The one thing I didn't like that we saw, the defense was bad.

05:22Yep.

05:23The defense, when they fell down 6-1, Cody Bellinger has to catch that ball,

05:26and if he catches that ball, he's doubling up Schneider,

05:28who is already basically standing on third base.

05:30Huge play in this game.

05:32And then throwing it in, Grisham, now Volpe, I think, is going out there,

05:37so he doesn't have a cutoff guy, so he's got to throw it to Jazz.

05:39He thinks he's just getting the out of second,

05:41not realizing there's probably a playoff at home.

05:43Yep.

05:44Not enough urgency and communication there.

05:48Don't love that.

05:49The defense has to be sound.

05:51The Blue Jays are going to put the ball in play.

05:53One of our keys before the game is sound defense.

05:56It got ugly there for a second.

05:58They played well the rest of the way defensively.

06:00Got an arrow, the final out right there, man.

06:02Great.

06:02Hurt left hand, thought he was about to get pulled out of the game,

06:05and then all of a sudden he has a base hit.

06:07He is a gamer.

06:08Yep.

06:08He is a gamer.

06:09I wonder if we see him at shortstop.

06:12Volpe's swings have not been good.

06:13It's not good.

06:14Six strikeouts the last two games.

06:15Six strikeouts in the last eight at-bats.

06:18He's not competitive in these at-bats right now.

06:20No, it hasn't looked good.

06:21He's not giving you anything right now.

06:22I know he was great in the Red Sox series for you.

06:25This is must win, though, and I wonder if Caballero just gives you something more,

06:29considering the speed, and he put the ball in play,

06:31and he can steal bases on Mike Volpe, who just isn't doing any of that right now.

06:35He's not getting on.

06:36He can steal bases, but he's not getting on.

06:37He doesn't do it at enough successful rate as Caballero does.

06:40No, he doesn't.

06:41Look, we'll see.

06:42I don't think they're going to mess with what they have.

06:44I'm sure Boone's going to try and keep his bench depth there,

06:48because we saw tonight, Rosario, huge leadoff single,

06:51and he came in and did the job really well for them, I think.

06:54It was big.

06:56He used them in the third inning.

06:57It was the right play.

06:58It didn't work.

07:00We were all asking for it.

07:01I thought it was the right play to go there.

07:03When they take Bieber out, bring in a lefty.

07:05You go to Rosario, who's been really good against lefties.

07:07He had to hit the next at bat.

07:10I'm interested in what the lineup is.

07:11A bullpen game, do they just stick with what they've been doing?

07:15You definitely can't give them lanes to bring in a lefty,

07:18so you have to go left-right.

07:20Does that change anything at all?

07:22I think they've been going left-right, if I'm remembering the lineup correctly,

07:27but we'll see.

07:28Maybe Caballero does add a little bit.

07:30But Trent Grisham still didn't have a great game tonight.

07:34I'd like to see that maybe change a little bit.

07:36He had a big double.

07:37Okay.

07:40Maybe.

07:40We'll see.

07:41I'm interested in the lineup.

07:41They still need more from Stanton.

07:43They still need more from Bellinger.

07:44Those guys have really not done much for you this postseason.

07:48Jazz with a big home run tonight.

07:50Hopefully that can spark something in him because they need him to be a force in the lineup.

07:54Look, I think the lineup clearly is getting something rolling here.

07:58They're stringing together hits.

08:00The home run, obviously, from Judge is the big moment.

08:02The home run from Jazz, we can't overlook that because of the Judge home run.

08:07That put them ahead.

08:08That gave them the lead.

08:09That's massive.

08:10Chance runs were huge.

08:12Look, Wells does seem to give you better at-bats.

08:15I think McMahon can still give you good quality at-bats.

08:18But the rest of the lineup, besides Judge, needs to produce now, too.

08:22They need to start taking their force.

08:24I'm looking to see, do we have a Tino Martinez, Bernie Williams type moment where Cody Bellinger

08:28or Giancarlo Stanton can be that for you and help win you the game tomorrow night?

08:33It's going to have to be the others because John Schneider is not going to pitch to Aaron Judge much.

08:36No.

08:37Not after this.

08:38Exactly.

08:39Not many other times this series.

08:40He's been walking them all season long.

08:41He comes up as the tying run with a base open, by the way.

08:45It was first and second.

08:46There's a base open there.

08:47It's on third base, but there's a base open.

08:49And the one time he chooses not to walk him, he hits the game-tying, series-changing home run.

08:56Aaron Judge is not going to get many more looks.

08:58It's got to be Jazz, who hit the homer today.

09:01It's got to be Giancarlo Stanton, who's yet to find his playoff form yet.

09:04It's got to be Cody Bellinger, who hasn't found it yet and had a terrible play in the outfield.

09:08It's got to be the others because they're not going to allow Aaron Judge to do what he did tonight.

09:13I agree.

09:14But I'm looking forward to seeing what happens tomorrow night.

09:17Game 4, Cam Schlitter versus the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen.

09:21Vlad Guerrero killed him again tonight.

09:23Clearly, that's going to be the focus here tomorrow.

09:25Can Schlittler navigate around Guerrero and get him to make some outs?

09:30We'll see.

09:31But it's going to be exciting.

09:32We're going to be here again tomorrow night, 7 o'clock, first pitch.

09:36Final thoughts?

09:37I like the matchup of Schlittler versus Vlad.

09:40Because we saw in that Bednar at bat late, he does seem to kind of get to Vlad a little bit.

09:4598 Bednar.

09:46You're going to see 100 from Schlittler.

09:48Hopefully, at the top of the zone.

09:50Maybe he can swing underneath it, swing through it.

09:52That's going to be the matchup to watch, obviously.

09:54Vlad has been incredible.

09:56Do they just pitch around him?

09:57Or do they see what the 100-mile-an-hour fastball from Schlittler looks like?

10:00I want to see what that looks like.

10:01I want to see what that looks like first time around.

10:05Yeah.

10:06And then the bullpen is going to be big again tomorrow, too, as they have to be consistent.

10:09They have to give us another big day tomorrow.

10:11Bednar only 20 pitches for five outs this year.

10:13I know.

10:13That allows you to go back to him.

10:14If you need five, maybe even six, all hands on deck in the playoffs.

10:18You ask more than what you did in the regular season.

10:21Devin Williams didn't go in for more than three outs all season.

10:24He asked four from him in this game.

10:27Bednar is available for six outs if you need it tomorrow,

10:29especially because he only needed 20 pitches to get five tonight.

10:32Well, we'll be here tomorrow night for the Pinchstripe Post Watch Party.

10:35Game four, 7 o'clock tomorrow night.

10:37Tommy and Ryan, go Yankees.

10:40We'll see you tomorrow.

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