WATCH: Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton blasts homer vs. Guardians after umpire misses a pitch

NEW YORK – Giancarlo Stanton, the Yankees’ dugout and a sold out Yankee Stadium crowd had judged Cleveland starter Shane Bieber’s 3-1 cutter as low, for ball four.

But that’s not how plate umpire Jeremie Rehak saw it.

Stanton was on his way to first base when Rehak called it a strike, pushing the count to 3-2 with Gleyber Torres (single) on first base in Friday afternoon’s bottom of the first.

Sent back to the plate, Stanton took advantage of the next pitch.

The Yankees’ designated hitter sent a long fly ball over the right field wall, giving the Yanks an early 2-0 lead over the Guardians in Game 2 of the AL Division Series.

It was Stanton’s 10th home run in 20 career postseason games and his ninth over his last 12 postseason games.

Stanton belted homers in five straight games in 2020, from the AL Wild Card Series opener through Game 3 of the ALDS, against the Tampa Bay Rays.

In 110 games this year (398 at-bats), Stanton hit 31 homers, finishing third on the club behind Anthony Rizzo’s 32 and Aaron Judge’s franchise and AL single season record 62 home runs.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Giancarlo Stanton home run for Yankees vs. Guardians in ALDS Game 2