US EditionALDS: Vlady’s Your Daddy! Guerrero Jr. slams Yankees as Schneider’s Blue Jays take commanding 2-0 lead
Rookie Trey Yesavage set a Blue Jays postseason record with 11 strikeouts while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit the team's first postseason grand slam in a 13-7 win.
- On Sunday, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 13-7 at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario, to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five ALDS.
- Blue Jays credited season-long contact and "playing like they did all year" after winning the division via a tiebreaker and earning a first-round bye.
- Rookie Trey Yesavage struck out 11 batters in 5 1/3 no-hit innings to set a Blue Jays postseason record, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s grand slam reached an exit velocity of 111 mph and estimated 415 feet amid a crowd of 44,764.
- The series shifts to Yankee Stadium for Game 3 on Tuesday night, and the New York Yankees must win to stay alive as Shane Bieber faces Carlos Rodón.
- Derek Jeter, former Yankees captain, and commentators urged broader lineup contributions as Toronto produced multiple homers, including two from Daulton Varsho, at times out-homing New York's total hits.
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Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. adding to his lore as Yankee killer in ALDS
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is living up to his reputation as a Yankee killer — and then some. Through two games in the ALDS, the Toronto Blue Jays’ biggest slugger is 6-for-9 (.667) with two home runs, six RBI and a 1.933 OPS. His grand slam in Toronto’s 13-7 win in Game 2 was the first in Blue Jays postseason history. Guerrero’s offensive excellence is among the main reasons the Yankees are down 0-2 in the best-of-five series and enter Tuesday night…
The Toronto Tiles extended this Sunday the lead to 2-0 in the Major League Divisional Series by imposing 13x7 over the New York Yankees, with a superb performance by Dominican Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who connected a Grand Slam.Read more]]>
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ALDS: Vlady’s Your Daddy! Guerrero Jr. slams Yankees as Schneider’s Blue Jays take commanding 2-0 lead
TORONTO — Rookie Trey Yesavage set a Blue Jays postseason record by striking out 11 in 5 1/3 no-hit innings, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit the first postseason grand slam in team history and Toronto beat the New York Yankees 13-7 on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the ALDS. Daulton Varsho had two home runs among his four extra base hits, and Ernie Clement and George Springer also both homered as Toronto reached double figures in hits (15) and runs for …
The Blue Jays won the second match 13-7 and led the 2-0 series.
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