TORONTO — Aaron Judge stated he was attempting to establish which of his Yankees teammates was yelling at plate umpire Clint Vondrak when he peeked into his personal dugout earlier than hitting a 462-foot house run in Toronto on Monday evening.

The Yankees slugger regarded sideways for a second earlier than driving a 114.9 mph scorcher off right-hander Jay Jackson.

“There was kind of a lot of chirping from our dugout, which I really didn’t like in the situation,” Judge stated. New York led 6-0 on the time.

Three pitches earlier, Vondrak ejected New York supervisor Aaron Boone for arguing a low strike name to Judge. Boone got here out of the dugout to vent at Vondrak and crew chief James Hoye.

Toronto’s broadcasters seen Judge peeking into his personal dugout earlier than his homer and speculated he was searching for some type of sign.

“It’s kind of odd that a hitter would be looking in that direction,” Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider stated.

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Judge stated a few of his teammates had been nonetheless voicing their displeasure as his at-bat continued.

“I feel like after the manager does his thing it’s like, “Fellas, our pitcher has still got to go out there and make some pitches. We’ve got the lead, let’s just go to work here,’” Judge stated. “I said a couple of things to some guys in the dugout and especially after the game. Hopefully it won’t happen again.”

Boone stated he understood Judge’s frustration with the dugout distraction.

“Judgie was kind of looking over like, ‘I’m hitting here,’” Boone stated.

Judge hit two solo homers Monday, his ninth and tenth of the season. It was his third multihomer sport this yr and the thirtieth of his profession.

Judge has 30 house runs in opposition to Toronto, his second-highest whole in opposition to an opponent behind 35 instances vs. Baltimore.

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