CLEVELAND For most of the postseason, the questions were about Aaron Judges failure to come through while the Yankees were winning. After their toughest playoff lo s in years, Judge came up with one of the biggest homers of his career. And it came against the top closer Eric Skoglund Jersey in the game. But the Yankees squandered the that first tied the game and then gave them the lead in the bottom of the eighth in a in Game 3 to cut their series lead in the ALCS to 2-1. Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer to tie things up in the eighth inning on Thursday. Jason Szenes / New York Post The homers came off of Emmanuel Clase, the closer who allowed just two during the entire regular season. Explore More I was just trying to get on base with a single to right, Judge said of his approach during his game-tying at-bat. Especially with Stanton behind me. When youve got a guy like that thats [throwing] 102 mph, you dont try to do too much. The result was a shot to right-center that skipped off the top of the fence and into the stands for his second home run in as many games after Judge started the postseason just 2-for-17. Aaron Judges homer gave the Yankees life in ALCS Game 3. Jason Szenes / New York Post I thought it was too low, Judge said. So my first thought was to be on second base for [Stanton]. Stanton followed with his third home run of this postseason to give the Yankees what proved to be a short-lived lead and instead of going down in Yankee lore, the heroics of the two sluggers were wasted thanks to Luke Weaver giving up a two-run shot to that tied the game and Clay Holmes allowing the game-winner to David Fry in the 10th. Judges blast followed a walk to Juan Soto by Hunter Gaddis, which brought in Clase. Luke Weaver yielded a game-tying homer in the ninth inning with two outs. Jason Szenes / New York Post Hes the best closer in the game for a reason, Judge said of Clase. Not good enough on Thursday. Follow The Posts coverage of the Yankees in the postseason: Aaron Judge is one of the best hitters on this planet, Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. It was a fun matchup to watch. Like I said, I wish it would have gone the other way, but were fortunate that we got this one and were going to be ready to go [Friday]. And Vogt said he hadnt lost faith in Clase, who also struggled in the ALDS against Detroit. Emmanuel Clase had a brutal night for Cleveland but was bailed out. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con Emmanuel has been perfect, Vogt said. We couldnt have asked for anything more from Emmanuel all year and he is going to be right back out there in the ninth [Friday] night. Hes human. Jordan Lyles Jersey