NEW YORK -- Aaron Judge hit a tying homer and drove in four runs during a clutch performance for the ages, and the New York Yankees staved off elimination by rallying from five runs down to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-6 on Tuesday night in Game 3 of their AL Division Series.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. launched a go-ahead homer in the fifth inning and the Yankees took advantage of two Toronto errors to avoid a three-game sweep. They scored eight unanswered runs and pulled to 2-1 in the best-of-five series, with Game 4 on Wednesday night in the Bronx.

"We need another one tomorrow," manager Aaron Boone said. "We'll enjoy this for about 10 minutes and get ready for tomorrow."

Judge went 3-for-4 with an intentional walk and scored three times, also making critical plays with his glove and

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