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The New York Yankees made it known in the first inning: It’s do or die for Game 6.

Aaron Judge understood the assignment. On the first pitch after Juan Soto walked, Judge mashed a two-run blast to right field to give the Bronx Bombers an early 2-0 lead. It was a Judgian blast indeed, measuring 409 feet with exit velocity at 109 mph.

One batter later, Jazz Chisholm Jr. dug a bigger hole for Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty. His solo shot nearly reached the second deck and made it 3-0.

Stay tuned to ESNY as the Yankees try to keep their season alive!

Josh Benjamin has been a staff writer at ESNY since 2018. He has had opinions about everything, especially the Yankees and Knicks. He co-hosts the “Bleacher Creatures” podcast and is always looking for new pieces of sports history to uncover, usually with a Yankee Tavern chicken parm sub in hand.