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Aaron Judge made another heady move upward on the Yankees’ all-time home run list, just in time for a massive series this weekend in Boston.

With President Donald Trump in attendance on the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, No. 99 went deep twice to tie Joe DiMaggio for fourth in team history with 361 homers as the Yankees head into a wild-card showdown against the Red Sox at Fenway Park with a powerful 9-3 win over the Tigers on Thursday night in The Bronx.

Before the game, Trump met with the team in the home clubhouse and shook hands with Judge and others, telling them he believed the Yankees would “go all the way.”

“We put on a show. He came in here and told everybody we were gonna win,” Judge said of meeting Trump. “I guess we have to have him around more often.

“Especially today, 9-11, with all the strength and resilience that New York City showed during one of our darkest hours, darkest times. … It’s an important day for all of us to come together. It was kind of a surreal moment and surreal day.”

Cam Schlittler, who was coming off his shortest outing among the first 10 starts of his rookie campaign, worked six innings of one-run ball as the Yankees (81-65) nudged a half-game ahead of the Red Sox for the first wild-card position in the American League with 16 games remaining.

“Leaving town going to play Boston now, that was a good win right there,” Aaron Boone said, before acknowledging that the Red Sox hold an 8-2 edge in the season series this year. “Excited to get up to Boston. Obviously, they’ve had our number and they’ve had their way with us this year.

“We know it’s gonna be a tough series, and hopefully we can go out there and set a nice tone early.”

Giancarlo Stanton also homered for the Yankees to tie Hall of Fame sluggers Jeff Bagwell and Vladimir Guerrero Sr. for 41st on MLB’s all-time list with 449.

The 24-year-old Schlittler gave up four earned runs on five hits with two walks over 1 ²/₃ innings last Friday in a 7-1 loss to the first-place Blue Jays.

“Probably not tipping my pitches,” Schlittler said when asked for the difference between his past two outings. “That’s something I worked on all week. I think the biggest thing is you’re gonna have those outings, but it’s about what you do after that.”

After Judge staked the Yanks to a 1-0 lead with his first solo blast off Detroit opener Tyler Holton in the first inning, Schlittler gave it back on a 12-pitch at-bat that resulted in an RBI single by Dillon Dingler in the second.

But the Yankees reclaimed the lead the next inning on RBI hits by Ben Rice and José Caballero, who made his second straight start at shortstop after it was revealed slumping starter Anthony Volpe has been dealing with a leftshoulder issue that required a cortisone shot Wednesday.

After passing Yogi Berra two nights earlier for fifth place on the franchise homer list with No. 359, Judge matched DiMaggio’s total with another solo blast against reliever Sawyer Gipson-Long in the third, his 46th of the season. The captain now trails only Yankees icons Babe Ruth (659), Mickey Mantle (536) and Lou Gehrig (493) in team annals.

“Joe DiMaggio. I mean, Joe DiMaggio. That feels like it’s been there forever,” Boone said.

“Two legends, all-time greats in the game,” Judge said of Berra and DiMaggio. “Pretty cool being on a list with them. It’s even cooler getting a win.”

Stanton had been mired in a 3-for-36 slide since Aug. 29, but he also went yard two batters later for his 20th of the season after missing the first 10 weeks with elbow issues. He now sits three homers shy of tying Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski for 40th on the all-time list.

The Yankees sent nine batters to the plate and tacked on four more runs in the fourth on RBI knocks by Austin Slater and Cody Bellinger and a two-run single by Jazz Chisholm Jr. for a 9-1 lead.

“It was an awesome night. … That buzz that New York City can create, you felt it tonight,” Boone said. “With the president being here, it just added an extra layer. … All in all, it was a really good day.”