Aaron Judge, Jazz Chisholm Jr. Homer to start World Series Game 5

NEW YORK – And with that, everyone rose together at Yankee Stadium. Finally.

After a one-out walk against Juan Soto, Judge got a first-pitch fastball from Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty – and this time he didn't miss, sending the baseball 403 feet to right-center, according to Statcast projections swarm of Bleacher creatures excited him. It was the first World Series home run of Judge's career, his first extra-base hit of the World Series, and his third major hit of the postseason.

The Yankees' lineup had been 0-13 in the first inning of World Series games before Judge set the resounding tone – and in both games at Yankee Stadium that led to his explosion, he had looked like he was going to the right side build direction.

The umpire's plate discipline seemed to gain some traction when he went 0-for-3 with a walk in Game 3 on Monday. A day later, he had a hit-by-pitch and a walk and hit an RBI single as he reached base multiple times in a game for the first time since Game 4 of the ALCS.

And now the climax of it all.

“With Aaron, you're always just one pitch away from being as hot as anyone's ever seen,” Yankees captain Aaron Boone said before the game.

With the captain at the helm, the Crew followed with Chisholm's 392-foot shot – his first since ALDS Game 2 – which gave the Yankees back-to-back shots for the 14th time in the club's postseason history and the fifth straight year of theirs storied history in the World Series.