Aaron Judge draws 23rd intentional walk, matches Mickey Mantle's 1957 Yankees record
Baseball began tracking intentional walks in 1955.
Judge matched Albert Pujols (2010) as the only player to receive 23 free passes before the All-Star break.
Toronto led 6-5 when former Yankee Chad Green intentionally walked Judge with two outs and the bases empty. It was Judge's fifth intentional walk of the series, the most ever by a Yankee in a single series.
Judge has 91 career intentional walks.
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