Judge's walk-off 3-run homer gives Yankees victory over Blue Jays

It took Aaron Judge exactly 600 major league games to hit his first walk-off home run.

When he finally connected Tuesday night, the soaring drive certainly measured up to the moment.

Judge hit a mammoth three-run shot in the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees a scintillating 6-5 comeback victory over the rival Toronto Blue Jays.

Giancarlo Stanton tied it with a modest three-run shot in the sixth, and the Yankees rallied for their 14th victory in 16 games after three Toronto ejections left the angry Blue Jays seeing red.

New York overcame a shaky start from Luis Severino and improved to 21-8, the best record in the majors.

George Springer launched a leadoff homer for Toronto, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ripped a tiebreaking double in the eighth that helped the Blue Jays take a 5-3 lead.

In the ninth, Jose Trevino and DJ LeMahieu drew consecutive one-out walks from Jordan Romano (1-2) before Judge sent a hanging 1-2 slider 450 feet into the second deck in left field. The big slugger, who hit a game-ending homer for Double-A Trenton in April 2015, did a little dance as he approached the plate and was swarmed by excited teammates.

"It's a weird feeling. You hear the crowd going crazy and you see the bench, you see guys jumping over the railing," Judge said. "A special moment you get to share with them."

Judge and Stanton have homered in the same game 20 times, including the postseason, and the Yankees have won 19.

It was the second blown save in 14 chances this season for Romano, who entered leading the majors in saves.

"He's one of the best closers in baseball," Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. "He just didn't have it today."

Wandy Peralta (1-0) pitched a hitless ninth for the win.

Santiago Espinal had an early two-run double — originally ruled a home run before a replay review — as Toronto quickly built a 3-0 lead against Severino, who started on eight days' rest.

Yusei Kikuchi pitched five hitless innings before Stanton tied the score in the sixth with a three-run homer off reliever Yimi García that cleared Yankee Stadium's short right-field porch by just a few rows. The 335-foot drive would not have been a home run in any other big league ballpark, according to Statcast.

That's when the fireworks really started.

Garcia ejected, Toronto takes lead in 8th inning

García hit the next batter, Josh Donaldson, just above the left elbow pad with a 94 mph fastball on an 0-1 count.

Players on the New York bench didn't like it, but Donaldson calmly went to first base and the umpires convened on the infield grass.

After a long discussion, crew chief Alfonso Marquez ejected Garcia, enraging the pitcher and several Blue Jays who came spilling out of the dugout. In the heated exchange, Marquez tossed pitching coach Pete Walker as well.

Donaldson didn't think Garcia's pitch was intentional — although it looked bad, he said. He acknowledged he and Heineman had a "discussion" on the field.

"I don't even know the guy. I didn't even know that was his name. Never heard of him," the veteran slugger said.

Then when Yankees reliever Jonathan Loáisiga brushed back Bo Bichette with a 97 mph fastball in the seventh, plate umpire Lance Barrett heard something from the Blue Jays bench and ejected a flabbergasted Montoyo.

"I got thrown out because I'm not supposed to argue warnings," Montoyo explained.

Toronto regained its composure and put together a two-run rally in the eighth. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drew a leadoff walk from Loáisiga and raced all the way home from first with a headfirst slide on Gurriel's line-drive double to left field off Chad Green.

Gurriel advanced to third on the throw home and scored on Alejandro Kirk's sacrifice fly.

Toronto has lost three straight and six of eight.