NEW YORK — It has been 27 summers since Interleague play became a regular event on our calendars, and in one of those hard-to-believe nuggets of trivia, no Mets or Yankees player had ever walked four times in a Subway Series

game — that is, until Aaron Judge did it on Tuesday evening.

The Yankees’ captain boasts an excellent eye, but the reasons behind that statistical note go deeper. With J.D. Davis batting behind Judge, the visitors made a conscious effort to avoid the Majors’ home run leader, then challenged him

for a crucial ninth-inning showdown in the Bombers’ 3-2 loss at Yankee Stadium.

“I wouldn’t mind that [four-walk] day if it comes with a win,” Judge said. “It’s part of it. It’s a team game. Even if I went 4-for-4 today, we still might not win. So it’s just about, if I get a pitch to hit, I’ve got to do some damage on it.”