{"id":280649,"date":"2025-10-06T01:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T01:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/280649\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T01:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T01:12:12","slug":"al-east-notes-alds-rodriguez-weaver-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/280649\/","title":{"rendered":"AL East Notes: ALDS, Rodriguez, Weaver, Orioles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Blue Jays<\/strong> hold a 2-0 lead in the ALDS after a 13-7 win over the Yankees<\/strong> today.\u00a0 Toronto has torched the Yankees for 23 runs over the two games, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a><\/strong> (3-for-5 with a grand slam) and Daulton Varsho<\/a><\/strong> (4-for-5 with two homers and two doubles) doing the most damage today with four RBI apiece.\u00a0 Max Fried<\/a><\/strong> was charged with seven earned runs over three-plus innings in a disastrous outing for the Yankees ace.<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s lineup came to life with seven late runs against Toronto\u2019s bullpen, after Jays starter Trey Yesavage<\/a><\/strong> was nothing short of dominant.\u00a0 In just his fourth career outing in the majors, Yesavage allowed only a walk over 5 1\/3 hitless innings, with 11 strikeouts \u2014 the most K\u2019s from any Blue Jays pitcher in a postseason game.\u00a0 The decision to pull Yesavage after 78 pitches seemed to be based on a desire to keep Yesavage from facing Yankees batters a third time, and to potentially keep Yesavage fresh for usage later in the series.\u00a0 Of course, the Yankees can only hope that there will even be a \u201clater in the series,\u201d as the Jays are just one win away from advancing to the ALCS.\u00a0 Game 3 is on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n

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