The moment carried a Jeterian touch.
Tie game in Flushing, first pitch of an inning, home run?
Who better to steal that move from the Captain’s book than his successor as face of the franchise?
Aaron Judge’s first-pitch, leadoff, eighth-inning round-tripper off Anthony Swarzak gave the Mets’ big-money reliever the rudest introduction possible to this side of the Subway Series. It completed the Yankees’ come-from-behind effort with a 4-3 victory over the Mets at Citi Field, their fifth straight win and the Mets’ eighth straight loss.
“Every game’s the same,” Judge said, throwing out a cliché that even the disciplined Derek Jeter might not have used in such an instance.