{"id":278314,"date":"2025-10-05T00:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T00:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/278314\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T00:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T00:11:12","slug":"blue-jays-miraculously-escapes-bases-loaded-jam-with-minimal-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/278314\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays miraculously escapes bases loaded jam with minimal damage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Blue Jays miraculously escapes bases loaded jam with minimal damage<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Currently holding a 6-1 lead over the New York Yankees, the Toronto Blue Jays seem to be<\/a> on track for a Game 1 win in their AL Division Series (ALDS) matchup. If their offense can knock in a couple more runs, the Yankees would be hard-pressed to make up the difference. Yet, the Blue Jays almost lost the lead in the sixth inning. New York loaded the bases with no outs against Toronto ace Kevin Gausman<\/a>. However, the Bronx Bombers\u2019 offense only produced one run out of that excellent situation. Gausman and reliever Louis Varland limited the damage. The Fox Sports\u2019 MLB official X, formerly Twitter, account, posted Varland\u2019s inning-ending strikeout.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cGOT HIM!\u201d posted the MLB-focused page. \u201cStanton goes down swinging and the Jays get out of it!\u201d<\/p>\n

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It was a massive strikeout for Varland,<\/a> who came on with runners on second and third with two outs. Stanton\u2019s legend in the playoffs has only grown in recent years. Striking the slugger out sent a message to the Yankees\u2019 offense. The message was this: the Blue Jays would rely on their best arms to get them out of a jam. Gausman showed why he is Toronto\u2019s ace, battling back from bases loaded to get New York captain Aaron Judge to strike out.<\/a> A walk of Yanks center fielder Cody Bellinger brought in Anthony Volpe, but Gausman rebounded by getting first baseman Ben Rice to pop out. Can the Jays\u2019 pitching staff continue their excellent performance under pressure?<\/p>\n

Blue Jays seek to lock in ALDS Game 1 win over Yankees<\/b>\"Mandatory<\/p>\n

Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

On paper, it looks as if the Yankees will have the starting pitching advantage moving forward. New York ace Max Fried is slated to start Sunday\u2019s Game 2, while the Blue Jays will send<\/a> Trey Yesavage to the mound. While Yesavage was electric during his meteoric rise through the minors, he\u2019s only pitched three games at the big-league level.<\/p>\n

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When the series returns to the Bronx, the Yankees will have number two starter Carlos Rodon and their own rookie sensation, Cam Schlittler, ready to go. The Blue Jays will likely counter<\/a> with trade deadline pickup Shane Bieber, the former Cy Young Award winner, and potentially a bullpen game. Or could Gausman pitch on short rest? In any case, Toronto has its work cut out for it. Can the Jays continue their momentum from an excellent Game 1 to capture the ALDS?<\/p>\n

Related: Aaron Boone explains removing Luis Gil early in Game 1 vs. Blue Jays<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Blue Jays\u2019 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. launches early bomb vs. Yankees<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post Blue Jays miraculously escapes bases loaded jam with minimal damage appeared first on ClutchPoints. Currently holding…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":278315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[3090,143765,5243,58813,22896,40617,10632,10624,16755,143801,63665,27065,1266,2228,143802,69655,62,16754,40928,8790,130204,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-278314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-alds","10":"tag-anthony-volpe","11":"tag-ben-rice","12":"tag-blue-jays","13":"tag-cam-schlittler","14":"tag-carlos-rodon","15":"tag-cody-bellinger","16":"tag-kevin-gausman","17":"tag-louis-varland","18":"tag-mandatory-credit","19":"tag-max-fried","20":"tag-mlb","21":"tag-new-york-yankees","22":"tag-nick-turchiaro-imagn","23":"tag-shane-bieber","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-the-blue-jays","26":"tag-the-jays","27":"tag-toronto","28":"tag-trey-yesavage","29":"tag-united-states","30":"tag-unitedstates","31":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115318665279469355","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}