Toronto — When Tim Mayza made a mistake pitch, Aaron Judge made sure the Blue Jays left-hander wound up on the wrong end of history.

Judge tied Roger Maris' American League record of 61 home runs in a season with a tiebreaking, two-run drive in the seventh inning that lifted the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Wednesday night.

The 117.4 mph drive took just 3.8 seconds to land 394 feet from the plate, and it put the Yankees ahead 5-3.

"When I hit it, I thought I got enough, but it's been a couple of games since I did that," Judge said.

The ball dropped into Toronto's bullpen and was picked up by Blue Jays bullpen coach Matt Buschmann, who turned it over to the Yankees.

The home run came in the fourth plate appearance of the night for Judge, ending a streak of 34 plate appearances without a home run.

The Yankees, who clinched their 20th AL East title in a night earlier, won for the ninth time in 10 games.