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Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews throws out first pitch at New York Yankees-Toronto Blue Jays game

Auston Matthews briefly stole the spotlight from Aaron Judge when he threw the first ceremonial pitch ahead of Tuesday's matchup between the Toronto Blue Jays and visiting New York Yankees.

The Toronto Maple Leafs' 60-goal scorer made a decent toss -- slightly high and outside -- to Jays pitcher Alek Manoah. Matthews himself comes from a baseball background -- his father Brian was a pitcher at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, while Matthews tried his hand at catcher before hockey took over.

Matthews said after Toronto's practice earlier in the day that his goal would be not to "embarrass" himself.