NEW YORK – This is more of the type of starting pitcher these Yankees will see in October – guys like Trevor Rogers.

That’s the Baltimore Orioles lefty who arrived at Yankee Stadium with a 1.35 ERA in 18 starts.

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Same pitcher who entered Friday night having limited opponents to two-or-fewer runs in his last 15 starts, the longest such stretch in Orioles history, dating to 1954.

Coming off last weekend’s six shutout innings in a victory against the Yanks at Camden Yards, Rogers had also surrendered just three home runs this season in 106.2 innings.

It was a completely different story on Friday night, as Giancarlo Stanton blasted two home runs against Rogers and Aaron Judge clubbed his 52nd of the year.

Rogers was gone after three innings, and the Yankees advanced to an 8-4 win before 44,596 fans.

At Toronto, the Blue Jays survived a nervous ninth inning and sealed a 4-2 win against the Tampa Bay Rays, maintaining control of their own divisional fate.

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With two games left in the regular season, the Jays and Yanks remain tied atop the AL East at 92-68, but Toronto owns the tiebreaker between the teams.

If the Blue Jays win their final two games against the Rays, Toronto will be crowned AL East champs.

In that scenario, the Yankees would host a best-of-three wild card series beginning Tuesday – likely against the Boston Red Sox, who clinched a playoff spot with their Friday night win against Detroit.

In his 33rd and final regular season start, Yankees’ rookie Will Warren lasted five innings, charged with four runs – on homers by Jordan Westburg and Tyler O’Neill.

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But the Yankees provided a powerful response with Stanton’s two-run homer in the first inning, and a pair of two-run homers by Judge and Stanton in the third.

After Judge blasted a 1-and-2 sinker an estimated 423 feet over the center field wall for a 4-3 lead in the third, Stanton followed a Cody Bellinger walk by hitting a mammoth 451-foot blast to center.

That shot, on a first-pitch changeup, gave the Yanks a 6-3 lead. It was Stanton’s 11th homer in his last 31 games, since Aug. 19.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Yankees get sixth straight win, where they stand in AL East race