NEW YORK — Didi Gregorius took away one of Derek Jeter’s titles.

Jeter always will be remembered for leading the Yankees to five World Series championships. In his third season as Jeter’s replacement, Sir Didi surpassed his predecessor for the most home runs by a Yankees shortstop in a season.

Gregorius sent a three-run drive into the second deck in right field, Aaron Judge hit his AL-leading 45th home run and topped 100 RBIs, and New York beat the Minnesota Twins 11-3 Wednesday for a three-game sweep.

“He’s just getting better and better, maturing as a player, defensively, everything,” Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia said. “You’ve got to consider him one of the best shortstops in the league.”

The Yankees, who have won 10 of 12, began the day three games behind AL East-leading Boston. They opened a seven-game advantage over the Twins for the top AL wild card with 10 games remaining.

Gregorius has 25 homers, one more than Jeter’s total in 1999, and 84 RBIs. A knight in the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau, the 27-year-old had never reached double digits in home runs before hitting 20 last year.