Summary of the Blue Jays 13-7 Yankees game (Oct. 5, 2025)
TORONTO (AP) — The rookie Trey Yesavage established a record of postseason for the Blue Jays to the strike out 11 in five innings a third without a hit, the Dominican-Canadian Vladimir Guerrero Jr. connected he first grand slam of playoffs in the history of the team and toronto beat the 13-7 on Sunday New York Yankees to take a advantage of 2-0 in the SDLA.
Daulton Varsho hit two home runs among his four extra-base hits, and Ernie Clement and George Springer also homered as Toronto reached double figures in hits (15) and runs for the second straight game.
The Blue Jays hit three home runs among their 14 hits Saturday in a 10-1 victory. They have more home runs (eight) than strikeouts (seven) through two games.
Varsho went 4 for 5 with two doubles, scored four runs and drove in four. Guerrero Jr. went 3-for-5 and scored twice.
Cody Bellinger homered and drove in three runs, and Ben Rice had two hits and two RBIs, but Toronto won for the eighth time in nine home games against New York. The Blue Jays went 2-4 in six games at Yankee Stadium, where the series moves to Game 3 on Tuesday night.
Yesavage (1-0) was selected by Toronto with the 20th pick last year in the amateur draft. The 22-year-old right-hander rose through four minor league levels this season before joining the Blue Jays and going 1-0 in three starts in September.
“I couldn’t be happier for him,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “The journey he has had this year is incredible.”
Yesavage needed less than four innings to surpass Toronto’s previous postseason strikeout record of eight, set by Dave Stieb, David Price (twice) and Juan Guzmán.
Known for his elite split-fingered fastball, Yesavage set a Blue Jays record by striking out nine Tampa Bay Rays batters in his debut on September 15. Eight of his 11 strikeouts on Sunday came with the splitter. The other three were with fastballs that reached 96 mph.
“I was just doing what I feel comfortable doing, throwing splits at the end of the count,” Yesavage said. “Turns out they were swinging and missing a lot of them and chasing them.”
Yesavage opened the game by striking out Trent Grisham with a splitter. He walked Aaron Judge on four pitches, then struck out Bellinger and Rice to begin a streak of 12 consecutive outs that ended when Jazz Chisholm Jr. reached base on a fielding error by Guerrero Jr. in the fifth.
Yesavage responded by getting Ryan McMahon to fly out and striking out Anthony Volpe for his 11th “chocolate.”
Yesavage struck out six straight in the third and fourth innings as Volpe, Austin Wells, Grisham, Judge, Bellinger and Rice were retired.
“We just didn’t have an answer for the split,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “He was on his game.”
Left-hander Justin Bruihl came in to face Grisham after Yesavage threw 78 pitches, 48 of them for strikes. Schneider was booed when he came out to retire Yesavage with Toronto leading 12-0.
“I’ll take those boos like that every time,” Schneider said.
The crowd of 44,764 then roared until Yesavage came out to a cheer, raising his arms above his head at the top of the dugout steps.
Yankees left-hander Max Fried (0-1) allowed seven runs and eight hits in three-plus innings. He allowed seven runs in 33 1/3 innings in five September starts.
“It just wasn’t his best day, obviously,” Boone said.
