Watch: Judge snaps slump, busts Game 3 open with laser HR

Start spreading the news: Aaron Judge is back.

Mired in a 2-for-27 postseason slump (including a 1-for-7 start to his American League Championship Series), the New York Yankees phenom snapped his funk in emphatic fashion Monday, scorching a three-run homer - his first since the AL wild-card game - to extend his club's fourth-inning lead over the Houston Astros in Game 3 of the ALCS to 8-0.