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Jays Topple Yankees in MLB Playoffs as Phillies, Tigers, Cubs Stay Alive
Toronto Blue Jays advanced to the American League Championship Series after defeating the Yankees 3-1, while Detroit and Chicago won to force additional playoff games, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the Toronto Blue Jays knocked the New York Yankees out of the playoffs, winning 5-2 at Yankee Stadium with eight Toronto pitchers shutting down New York.
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer each drove in runs to open Toronto's scoring, and Nathan Lukes delivered a two-run single in the seventh as Toronto added one more in the eighth.
- The Detroit Tigers forced a Game 5 by winning at Comerica Park and leveled their series at two games apiece after Riley Greene and Javier Baez homered in a four-run sixth.
- Having won the Division Series, Toronto visits the ALCS for the first time in nine years after taking the best-of-five series 3-1 and will host Game 1 on Sunday.
- In the NL, clutch plays kept series alive as Pete Crow-Armstrong's two-run single and Kyle Schwarber's two homers, including a 455-foot shot, fueled Phillies' win.
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Jays topple Yankees in MLB playoffs as Phillies, Tigers, Cubs stay alive
The Toronto Blue Jays knocked the New York Yankees out of the Major League Baseball playoffs on Wednesday as the Phillies fended off elimination against the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
The New York Yankees said goodbye this Wednesday to their illusions of a second consecutive World Series as they fell by 5-2 to the Toronto Tiles, while the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs lengthened their Divisional series.To the frustration of their audience, the Yankees fell to Toronto by a 3-1 global while the Cubs cut their disadvantage to 2-1 in front of the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tigers tied 2-2 to the Seattle Mariners.World football m…
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