Blue Jays Take 2-0 ALDS Lead

The Toronto Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead in the ALDS over the New York Yankees with dominant wins at Rogers Centre, 10-1 in Game 1 and 13-7 in Game 2. Rookie Trey Yesavage struck out 11 batters over 5 1/3 hitless innings in his postseason debut, setting a Blue Jays single-game postseason strikeout record. Toronto’s offense erupted in Game 2 with five homers, highlighted by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s first postseason grand slam and Daulton Varsho’s two-homer, four–extra-base-hit performance; the club has a postseason-record 23 runs through the first two games of a series. New York’s pitching faltered across both games — including a tough outing by Max Fried — making the Yankees the first franchise to allow 10+ runs in consecutive postseason games and leaving them on the brink of elimination. The series shifts to Yankee Stadium for Game 3 on Tuesday, with Toronto expected to start Shane Bieber and New York slated to counter with Carlos Rodón.