Issues went downhill shortly for the Yankees at Rogers Centre on Sunday afternoon. And now they’re on the point of postseason elimination.
Toronto rookie Trey Yesavage set a Blue Jays postseason document with 11 strikeouts by means of 5 innings of Recreation 2 of the ALDS towards the Yankees. He was backed by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hitting a grand slam within the fourth inning because the Blues Jay received 13-7 and took a 2-0 lead within the best-of-five collection.
Vladimir Guerrero crushes grand slam, extending Blue Jays’ lead over Yankees
Yesavage, a 22-year-old right-hander, was chosen by Toronto with the No. 20 choose final yr within the newbie draft. He rose by means of 4 minor league ranges this season earlier than becoming a member of the Blue Jays and going 1-0 in three September begins.
Recognized for his elite split-finger fastball, Yesavage set a Blue Jays document by placing out 9 Rays batters in his Sept. 15 debut. Seven of Yesavage’s first 10 strikeouts Sunday got here on his splitter. The opposite three got here on fastballs that reached 96 mph.
Toronto thumped the Yankees 10-1 on Saturday in Recreation 1, and backed Yesavage with 5 runs within the first three innings Sunday to steer 5-0 towards New York’s Max Fried.
The Blue Jays’ bats backed Yesavage in an enormous means. Toronto scored two within the second on an Ernie Clement residence run after which added three extra within the third inning.
Then, the fourth inning. Guerrero hit a grand slam, after which Daulton Varsho hit a two-run residence run two batters later to provide Toronto an 11-0 lead.
George Springer added a solo residence run within the fifth inning to make it 12-0. The Yankees lastly acquired on the scoreboard within the high of the sixth with a two-run shot by Cody Bellinger, earlier than the Jays scored once more within the backside of the body on Daulton Varsho’s solo residence run.
The Yankee bats wakened within the seventh inning and scored 5 runs however nonetheless wasn’t sufficient to beat the early deficit.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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