All the Yankees needed to break out of their funk was a historic night from Aaron Judge.
Forget Judge being shut down to rest his sprained big right toe with the Yankees all but dead in the playoff race.
He proved to be a one-man wrecking crew on Wednesday, when he erupted for the first three-homer game of his career on Wednesday against the Nationals, as the Yankees snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 9-1 win in The Bronx.
The skid had been their longest since 1982 and another loss would have given the Yankees their first 10-game losing streak since 1913.
Judge homered in the first, second and seventh inning, with The Bronx crowd chanting “MVP” after his third blast of the night.
Luis Severino chipped in with perhaps his best start of the season, as he tossed 6 ⅔ scoreless innings.