As Aaron Judge braced for an 0-2 pitch, Yankee Stadium roared in unison.

“MVP! MVP! MVP!” the crowd bellowed, desperate for the Yankees’ captain to deliver a signature October moment.

Judge, whose prior postseason struggles have been well-documented, rose to the occasion Tuesday, turning on a 99.7-mph, inside fastball from Blue Jays reliever Louis Varland. With two runners on, one out and the Yankees trailing — 2-0 in the ALDS and 6-3 in the fourth inning of a do-or-die Game 3 — Judge could only watch and wait as his lumber sent a towering flyball deep into the Bronx night.

He had the distance. That much was clear off the bat.

But would the ball stay fair?

“I was just saying, ‘Hit the f–king foul pole,’” Cody Bellinger said. “That’s what I was thinking. Or hit it past the foul pole.

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