Yankees Win Seventh Straight, Maintain AL East Lead Amid Blue Jays Tiebreaker

The Yankees have strung together a multi-game winning streak — winning 8-4 on Friday and following with a 6-1 victory Saturday — which has strengthened their hold on at least a wild-card spot and pushed them to within a game of the Blue Jays in the AL East. Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton supplied the offense, with Judge hitting a homer in both games (his 52nd on Friday and 53rd on Saturday) and Stanton belting multiple long homers including a 451-foot shot Friday. New York’s pitching contributions included rookie Cam Schlittler’s seven scoreless, two-hit outing with a career-high nine strikeouts on Saturday and the lineup overcoming a strong Trevor Rogers start on Friday. Despite the surge, Toronto still controls the division via the season tiebreaker, so the Yankees must win and get help to claim the AL East, while the Blue Jays could clinch with favorable results. The Yankees also dealt with in-game disruptions: Jazz Chisholm Jr. was hit by a pitch and exited with negative X-rays pending a CT scan, and manager Aaron Boone was ejected for arguing the strike zone.