As far as closing arguments go, Aaron Judge is certainly making a convincing one. The Yankees are trying to do the same, though they will still need an 11th-hour injunction Sunday to stop the Blue Jays from winning the division. Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Judge did his part while and all but clinching the batting title, clubbing his 53rd home run and driving in three runs on the way to the Yankees seventh straight win, 6-1 over the Orioles on Saturday afternoon in The Bronx. But north of the border later Saturday, the Blue Jays beat the Rays once again, meaning the AL East will come down to Sunday and Game 162 to determine the winner. The Yankees (93-68) and Blue Jays are tied, though with Toronto owning the tiebreaker, Aaron Boones club will have to finish a game ahead to secure a second straight division title and a bye into the ALDS. If the Yankees beat the Orioles on Sunday and the Blue Jays lose to the Rays, the Yankees will be division champs. Any other combination and the Yankees will play Game 1 of the wild-card series Tuesday in The Bronx. Aaron Judge hits a homer in the first inning of the Yankees win on Sept. 27, 2025. Jason Szenes / New York Post Aaron Judge drove in two runs with a single in the fifth inning. Jason Szenes / New York Post Kind of crazy, Boone said. One-hundred and sixty-two games, and its going to come down to that last day. Thats baseball, Suzyn. Thats the beauty of our sport. For those of us and fans that live and die with their teams all summer long, it should make for an Artemi Panarin Jersey exciting day. Explore More Such a scenario evokes numerous games over the summer that the Yankees let slip away, which could have been the difference as they entered Sunday an MLB-best 33-14 since Aug. 6. But Boone insisted they were not spending much time thinking about that, instead focusing on Sundays game with Luis Gil on the mound and then what might come next after that. CHECK OUT THE AND I wish we had a nice little cushion, a nice little lead in the division, but well take it either way, Judge said. If its playing a wild-card [game] or playing a division [series], I think either will be fine. But I know the boys in here definitely want that division. Cam Schlittler kept that po sibility alive by putting the finishing touches on his own case to be the clubs third starter in October, to sing a career-high seven shutout innings. The rookie struck out a career-best nine while scattering two hits, two hit-by-pitches and one walk. He will be on regular rest to start Game 3 of a potential wild-card series on Thursday, if needed, or an ALDS game should the Yankees get there. Ryan McMahon homered in the Yankees win. Jason Szenes / New York Post The red-hot Giancarlo Stanton homered as well. Jason Szenes / New York Post Judge, meanwhile, finished the day batting .331 which will almost certainly earn him the batting title to go with a 1.149 OPS, numbers that dwarf the competition. He will become only the third player in MLB history to hit 50-plus home runs while winning the batting title. The only thing standing between Judge and a third MVP is Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who had hit 60 homers entering Saturday. The guy can do it all, said Ryan McMahon, who joined Judge and Giancarlo Stanton in drilling a solo shot off Orioles right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano. I think its a no-doubt MVP. Aside from the Blue Jays score, the Yankees only cause for concern Saturday was in the fifth inning after getting drilled on the left forearm by a 97-mph sinker. But X-rays and a CT scan were negative, offering hope the Yankees may have avoided the worst. Cam Schlittler of the New York Yankees throws a pitch during the first inning. Jason Szenes / New York Post Judge gave Schlittler some early run support by blasting a home run in the bottom of the first inning off Sugano, his fourth in his last four games and 10th in his last 18 games. He later added a two-run single in the fifth inning to make it a 5-0 game. Over his last 29 games, Judge is hitting .379 with a 1.362 OPS. At this rate, the Yankees might take the playoffs beginning Tuesday so their captain does not have any time to cool off. The same goes for Stanton, who crushed a 427-foot shot Saturday after drilling a pair of homers Friday night. Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees celebrates with Ryan McMahon after the final out of the ninth inning. Jason Szenes / New York Post I definitely like where theyre at, how theyre playing, Boone said. How theyre swinging the bat. Those two guys are game-changers, obviously. Adam Edstrom Jersey