2021 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2021)

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ALDS GAME ONE

MIN 1 0 0. 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 2
NYY. 2 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 0 1 - 3 3 0

HR - MIN: Alex Kirillof (1), Max Kepler (1), NYY: Aaron Judge (1)

WP - Aroldis Chapman (1-0)
LP - Taylor Rogers (0-1)

PoG - Gerrit Cole

YANKEES lead 1-0


NLDS GAMES TWO

MIL. 0 0 0. 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 2
ATL. 0 0 2. 0 0 0. 1 0 X - 3 7 0

HR - none

WP - Max Fried (1-0)
Save - Kirby Yates (1)
LP - Corbin Burnes (0-1)

PoG - Fried

BRAVES lead 2-0


SDP. 2 1 2. 1 0 1. 0 0 1 - 8 14 0
LAD 0 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 0 0 - 0 3 1

HR - none

WP - Dinelson Lamet (1-0)
LP - Julio Urias (0-1)

PoG - Lamet

Series is tied 1-1

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ALDS GAME TWO

BLUE JAYS @ ANGELS

Shohei Ohtani vs Kevin Gausman (But on the opposite teams )

L.A. leads 1-0

Top of the 1st

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 1st

With two out, Anthony Rendon walked. Then Mike Trout walked. They were stranded.

Top of the 2nd

With two out, Kyle Schwarber homered. Then Bo Bichette walked. He was left.

Blue Jays lead 1-0

Bottom of the 2nd

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 3rd

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 3rd

Albert Pujols led off with a home run.

Game tied 1-1

Top of the 4th

Rowdy Tellez led off with a single. That was it.

Bottom of the 4th

Justin Upton reached with a two out single and was then thrown out trying to steal 2nd.

Top of the 5th

Bichette singled with one out. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was then hit by a pitch.
They were left.

Bottom of the 5th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 6th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 6th

Brandon Marsh reached 2nd on a throwing error by Marcus Semien.
With one out, Rendon was hit by a pitch.
Marsh was thrown out trying to steal 3rd. Rendon went to 3rd but was left there.

Top of the 7th

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led off with a double.
He scored on a one out double by Bichette.

Blue Jays lead 2-1

Bottom of the 7th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 8th

Brandon Workman received for the Angels.
Cavan Biggio led off with a double.
He went to 3rd on a George Springer groundout and was thrown out trying to turn a Tellez fly into a sac,

Bottom of the 8th

Jose Iglesias led off with a single.
Keone Kela relieved for the Jays.
Marsh replaced him on a fielder's choice. He was left.

Top of the 9th

Guerrero reached with a one out single.
He went to 2nd on a two out wild pitch.
Bichette walked.
They were stranded.

Bottom of the 9th

Greg Holland relieved for the Jays.
Rendon took a lead off walk.
Then Trout walked.
Jo Adell hit into a double play. Rendon went to 3rd.
Upton grounded out and the Blue Jays won game two.

WP - Shohei Ohtani (1-0)
Save - Greg Holland (1)
LP - Kevin Gausman (0-1)

PoG - Ohtani

Series is tied 1-1

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OTHER ALDS GAME TWO


MIN 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 1
NYY. 0 5 0. 1 0 0. 0 0 X - 6 8 1

WP - Luis Severino (1-0)
Save - Chad Green (1)
LP - Jose Berrios (0-1)

HR - MIN: Max Kepler (2), Byron Buxton (1), NYY: Gary Sanchez (1), Clint Frazier (1)

PoG - Buxton

Yankees lead 2-0

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Zack Greinke announced his retirement.

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Donnie Murphy of Vancouver was named Manager of the Year for his High A league.

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NLDS GAMES THREE

ATL 0 0 1. 0 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 0 - 1 3 0
MIL 0 0 0. 0 0 1. 0 0 0. 0 1 - 2 3 0

WP - Devin Williams (1-0)
LP - Victor Arano (0-1)

HR - MIL: Lorenzo Cain (1)

PoG - Freddy Peralta

Braves lead 2-1


LAD 0 0 0 1 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 1 - 2 6 2
SDP. 0 0 0. 0 0 1. 0 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 0 - 1 10 2

WP - Blake Treinen (1-0)
LP - Matt Strahm (0-1)

HR - none

PoG - Yu Darvish

Dodgers lead 2-1

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ALDS GAME THREE

ANGELS @ BLUE JAYS

Griffin Canning vs Blake Snell

Top of the 1st

Brandon Marsh drew a leadoff walk.
With one out, Anthony Rendon also walked.
Justin Upton hit into a fielder's choice with Marsh going to 3rd.
Two left on.

Bottom of the 1st

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 2nd

Max Stassi led off with a single.
David Fletcher replaced him with a fielder's choice.
He was thrown out trying to steal.

Bottom of the 2nd

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 3rd

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 3rd

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 4th

Rendon led off with a single.
He was left on.

Bottom of the 4th

With two out, Rowdy Tellez hit a monster home run.
Then Giancarlo Stanton singled but was left.

Blue Jays lead 1-0

Top of the 5th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 5th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 6th

Mike Trout singled with one out.
Then Rendon walked.
With two out they both moved up on a wild pitch.
Jo Adell walked to load the bases.
Snell left them there.

Bottom of the 6th

Marcus Semien took a leadoff walk but Cavan Biggio hit into a double play.

Top of the 7th

Jose Iglesias walked with one out.
Albert Pujols singled, moving Iglesias to 2nd.
Snell got out of it again.

Bottom of the 7th

Stanton singled with one out.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. followed with another single, moving Stanton to 2nd.
With two out, Bo Bichette was given 1st on catcher interference.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a two-run single.
Semien walked, to reload the bases.

Richard Bleier relieved for the Angels.
Biggio hit a two-run single.
Two were left on.

Blue Jays lead 5-0

Top of the 8th

Jose Urena relieved for the Jays.
Rendon led off with a home run.
Stassi singled with two out. HE was left on.

Blue Jays lead 5-1

Bottom of the 8th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 9th

Pujols reached on an infield single with one out.
That was all they got and the Blue Jays won game three!

WP - Blake Snell (2-0)
LP - Griffin Canning (0-1)

PoG - Snell

BLUE JAYS lead 2-1

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OTHER ALDS GAME THREE

NYY 2 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 1 - 3 8 0
MIN. 0 0 0. 0 1 0. 0 0 1. 0 0 - 2 11 0

WP - Jonathan Loáisiga (1-0)
LP - Tyler Duffey (0-1)

HR - MIN: Josh Donaldson (1)

PoG - Deivi Garcia

YANKEES WIN SERIES 3-0

ALDS MVP - Gleyber Torres


NLDS GAMES FOUR


ATL. 0 1 0. 0 0 0. 0 1 0 - 2 6 0
MIL. 0 1 1. 0 0 0 1 0 X - 3 9 0

WP - Josh Lindblom (1-0)
Save - Pete Fairbanks (1)
LP - Spencer Turnbull (0-1)

HR - none

PoG - Lindblom

SERIES TIED 2-2


LAD. 0 3 2 0 1 0. 0 0 0 - 6 10 0
SDP 2 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 0 0 - 2 4 0

WP - Joe Kelly (1-0)
LP - MacKenzie Gore (0-1)

HR - LAD: Christian Walker (1), SDP: Manny Machado (1)

PoG - Will Smith

DODGERS WIN NLDS 3-1

NLDS MVP - Will Smith

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ALDS GAME FOUR

ANGELS @ BLUE JAYS

Felix Pena vs Trent Thornton

Top of the 1st

David Fletcher singled with one out.
Anthony Rendon followed with an infield hit.
Both runners advanced on a passed ball.
They were stranded.

Bottom of the 1st

Cavan Biggio led off with a double.
With one out, Rowdy Tellez was hit by a pitch.
Giancarlo Stanton walked to load the bases.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. smacked a two-run double.
Kyle Schwarber walked to reload the bases.
Bo Bichette cleared the bases with a double.

Mike Mayers relieved for the Angels.
He stranded Bichette.

Blue Jays lead 5-0

Top of the 2nd

Max Stassi singled with one out.
Jose Iglesias hit into a double play.

Bottom of the 2nd

George Springer singled with one out.
He was left on.

Top of the 3rd

Albert Pujols led off with a single.
Fletcher ended up doubling him off.

Bottom of the 3rd

Bichette singled with two out.
Ty Buttrey relieved for the Angels and stranded the runner.

Top of the 4th

Mike Trout doubled with one out.
He got no further.

Bottom of the 4th

Biggio walked with one out.
Springer smacked a two-run homer.
With two out, Stanton walked.

Blake Parker relieved for the Angels.
Guerrero Jr. hit an absolutely massive home run.
Schwarber walked.
He was left. But...

Blue Jays lead 9-0

Top of the 5th

Stassi led off with a walk.
He went to 3rd on a one out single by Pujols and scored on a fielder's choice by Brandon Marsh.
Marsh was left on.

Blue Jays lead 9-1

Bottom of the 5th

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. led off with a single.
He went to 2nd on a one out single by Biggio.

Jose Quintana relieved for the Angels.
He stranded the runners.

Top of the 6th

Rendon led off with a double.
He advanced to 3rd on a Trout groundout and scored on a Jo Adell sac fly.

Blue Jays lead 9-2

Bottom of the 6th

Stanton led off with a single.
He was left.

Top of the 7th

Pujols singled with two out. He went to 3rd on a Marsh single.
Marsh stole 2nd.
Both men were left.

Bottom of the 7th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 8th

Rendon led off with a walk.
He was left there.

Bottom of the 8th

Springer was hit-by-pitch when he led off.
He went to 2nd on a Tellez groundout.

Jaime Barria relieved for the Angels.
He stranded the runner.

Top of the 9th

Matt Foster relieved for the Blue Jays.
3 up, 3 down

The Blue Jays are advancing to take on the Yankees in the ALCS!

WP - Trent Thornton (1-0)
LP - Felix Pena (0-1)

PoG - Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

BLUE JAYS WIN SERIES 3-1

ALDS MVP - Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

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Cesar Martin of New Hampshire was named Manager of the Year for the Eastern League.

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NLDS GAME FIVE


MIL. 2 0 2. 0 0 0. 0 0 0 - 4 7 1
ATL. 3 1 0. 0 2 3. 0 0 X - 9 10 0

WP - Archie Bradley (1-0)
LP - Brandon Woodruff (0-1)

HR - MIL: Christian Yelich (1), ATL: Ron and Acuna Jr. (1), Freddie Freeman (1)

PoG - Acuna

BRAVES WIN NLDS 3-2

NLDS MVP - Dansby Swanson

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Francisco Liriano has announced his retirement.

He had a solid, 13 year carer, mostly with the Twins and Pirates.

He appeared in 28 games with the Blue Jays in 2016 and 2017 before being traded to the Astros.


After the Phillies released him at the end of 2020, the Jays signed him to minor league deal but he never got back above AA.

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NLCS GAME ONE


ATL. 0 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 0 0 - 0 7 1
LAD 0 1 0 2 2 0. 0 0 X - 5 9 0

WP - Walker Buehler (1-0)
LP - Max Fried (1-1)

HR - LAD: A.J. Pollock (2)

PoG - Buehler

Dodgers lead 1-0

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ALCS GAME ONE

BLUE JAYS @ YANKEES

Hyun-jin Ryu vs Gerrit Cole

Top of the 1st

Cavan Biggio led off with a home run.

Blue Jays lead 1-0

Bottom of the 1st

Gleyber Torres singled with two out.
Ryu picked him off.

Top of the 2nd

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 2nd

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 3rd

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 3rd

With two out, Gary Sanchez walked. He was left.

Top of the 4th

With two out, Giancarlo Stanton was hit-by-pitch.
He was stranded.

Bottom of the 4th

Torres singled with one out.
He was left there.

Top of the 5th

Kyle Schwarber reached on a Luke Voit error to lead off.
He ended up doubled off.

Bottom of the 5th

Gio Urshela led off with a single.
He scored on a Clint Frazier triple.
Frazier scored on a Michael Tuchman sac fly.

Yankees lead 2-1

Top of the 6th

Marcus Semien led off with a double.
Biggio walked.
George Springer grounded out, advancing both runners.
Rowdy Tellez walked, loading the bases.
Semien scored on a Stanton sac fly.
Two men were left on.

Game tied 2-2

Bottom of the 6th

Voit led off with a single.
He went to 2nd on a throwing error by Ryu.
He scored on a two out single by Aaron Judge.
Judge was left on.

Yankees lead 3-2

Top of the 7th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 7th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 8th

Aroldis Chapman relieved for the Yankees.
Danny Jansen pinch hit for Springer with two out but struck out.

Bottom of the 8th

Jansen stayed in to catch. Yoshi Tsutsugo replaced Schwarber and ent into left. Triston Casas replaced Gurriel and is at 3B. Biggio moved to CF.

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 9th

With one out, Stanton walked.
Guerrero Jr. doubled, scoring Stanton. Vladi was thrown put trying to go to 3rd on the play.
Tsutsugo doubled.
Bo Bichette was given the intentional walk.
Both were left on, but...

Game tied 3-3

Bottom of the 9th

Jose Urena relieved for the Blue Jays.
Judge reached on a Bichette error with one out.
He took 2nd on a wild pitch.
Urshela walked.
Both runners were stranded and we went to extras.

Top of the 10th

Chad Green relieved for the Yankees.
With one out, Biggio walked.
With two out, Tellez walked.
Stanton singled, scoring Biggio.
Two runners left.

Blue Jays lead 4-3

Bottom of the 10th

Greg Holland relieved for the Blue Jays.
Tyler Wade singled with one out, but Holland struck out the other three batters he faced.

The Blue Jays won game one!

WP - Jose Urena (1-0)
Save - Greg Holland (2)
LP - Chad Green (0-1)

PoG - Gerrit Cole

Blue Jays lead ALCS 1-0

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NLCS GAME TWO


ATL. 0 0 2 0 1 0. 0 0 1 - 4 9 0
LAD. 0 4 3 0 0 0. 2 0 X - 9 16 1

WP - Clayton Kershaw (1-0)
LP - Kyle Wright (0-1)

HR - ATL: Austin Riley (1), LAD: Will Smith (1)

PoG - Smith

Dodgers lead NLCS 2-0

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ALCS GAME TWO

BLUE JAYS @ YANKEES

Blake Snell vs Luis Severino

Top of the 1st

Cavan Biggio led off with a double.
He scored on a George Springer double.
Springer went to 3rd on a Rowdy Tellez groundout.
Springer scored and Giancarlo Stanton took 1st on a Bio Urshela error.
Stanton was stranded.

Blue Jays lead 2-0

Bottom of the 1st

Luke Voit walked with one out, but he was doubled up.

Top of the 2nd

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 2nd

Miguel Andujar led off with a walk.
He went to 3rd on a one out single by Urshela.
Clint Frazier walked to load the bases.
Mike Tuchman flew out to Lourdes Gurriel Jr. who threw out Andujar trying to score.

Top of the 3rd

Biggio led off with a single.
Springer hit into a double play.
Tellez homered.

Blue Jays lead 3-0

Bottom of the 3rd

Voit walked with two out.
Gleyber Torres singled, moving Voit to 2nd.
They were left on.

Top of the 4th

Bo Bichette singled with two out.
He was left.

Bottom of the 4th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 5th

Biggio homered with one out.
With two out, Tellez singled.
He was stranded.

Blue Jays lead 4-0

Bottom of the 5th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 6th

With one out, Kyle Schwarber walked.
Then Bichette singled, moving Schwarber up a base.
Both runners moved up on a wild pitch.
Gurriel walked, loading the bags.
The Yankees got the runner at home on a Marcus Semien fielder's choice.
The Jays left them loaded.

Bottom of the 6th

Torres singled with one out.
Snell picked him off 1st.


Top of the 7th

Corey Kluber relieved for the Yankees.
With one out, Tellez reached on an infield single.
With two out, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled, moving Tellez to 2nd.
They were left on.

Bottom of the 7th

Urshela singled with one out.
He was left.

Top of the 8th

Gurriel singled with one out.
He was stranded at 1st.

Bottom of the 8th

With one out, Tyler Wade reached on an error by Guerrero.
With two out he went to 3rd on a double by Torres.
That was the first extra-base hit of the game for New York.
Both runners were left there.

Top of the 9th

Springer led off with a double.
With two out, Jonathan Loáisiga relieved for the Yankees.
He stranded the runner.

Bottom of the 9th

Aaron Judge led off with a walk.
Snell got the next three for the complete game, 4-0 win!

WP - Blake Snell (3-0)
LP - Luis Severino (1-1)

PoG - Snell

Blue Jays lead 2-0

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NLCS GAME THREE

LAD. 1 0 0 0 0 2. 0 1 1. 0 0 0 - 5 10 1
ATL. 0 0 0 0 0 2. 2 0 3 0 0 1 - 6 9 0

WP - Luke Jackson (1-0)
LP - Dustin May (0-1)

HR - LAD: Gavin Lux (1), Mookie Betts (1), Cody Bellinger (1), ATL: Christian Pache 2 (2), Marcell Ozuna (1)

PoG - Pache

Dodgers lead 2-1

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ALCS GAME THREE

YANKEES @ BLUE JAYS

Deivi Garcia vs Shohei Ohtani

Top of the 1st

Tyler Wade took a leadoff walk.
Gleyber Torres singled, moving Ward to 2nd.
Luke Voit singled, loading the bases.
Aaron Judge walked, scoring Wade.
With one out, Torres scored on a wild pitch.
Mike Tauchman walked, reloading the bases.
Miguel Andujar singled, scoring Voit.
Clint Frazier hit into a double play.

Ugly start to the game.

Yankees lead 3-0

Bottom of the 1st

Rowdy Tellez singled with two out.
Giancarlo Stanton homered.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered, tying the game.

Game tied 3-3

Top of the 2nd

With two out, Torres walked.
He was left there.

Bottom of the 2nd

Marcus Semien walked with two out.
He was picked off 1st by Gary Sanchez.

Top of the 3rd

Judge led off with a walk.
Gio Urshela struck out and Judge was thrown out trying to steal.


Bottom of the 3rd

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 4th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 4th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 5th

Wade led off with a single.
Torres hit into a double play.

Bottom of the 5th

Bo Bichette led off by reaching on an error by Urshela at 3rd.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. got an infield single, moving Bichette to 2nd.
Semien singled, loading the bases.
Cavan Biggio doubled, scoring Bichette and Gurriel.

Corey Kluber relieved for the Yankees.
He stranded the runners.

Blue Jays lead 5-3

Top of the 6th

Ross Stripling relieved for the Blue Jays.
Judge led off with a walk.
He was left on.

Bottom of the 6th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 7th

Wade singled with two out.
Torres singled, sending Wade to 2nd.
Both were left on.

Bottom of the 7th

With two out, Zack Britton relieved for the Yankees.

Top of the 8th

Tauchman walked with two out.

Mike Montgomery relieved for the Blue Jays.
He got the 3rd out.

Bottom of the 8th

George Springer led off with a walk.
Then Tellez walked.
So did Stanton. Still with none out.

Chad Green relieved for the Yankees.
Guerrero was hit by a pitch, scoring Springer.
Kyle Schwarber hit a Grand Slam.

Blue Jays lead 10-3

Top of the 9th

With one out, Sanchez homered.
With two out, Torres was hit by a pitch.

That was it and the Blue Jays took game three and a commanding lead in the ALCS!

WP - Shohei Ohtani (2-0)
Save - Mike Montgomery (1)
LP - Deivi Garcia (0-1)

PoG - Giancarlo Stanton

BLUE JAYS LEAD 3-0!

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NLCS GAME FOUR


LAD 1 0 0. 0 1 0. 0 0 0 - 2 8 1
ATL. 0 0 4. 3 0 1. 0 0 X - 8 9 0

WP - Spencer Turnbull (1-1)
LP - Trevor Bauer (0-1)

HR - LAD: Zach McKinstry (1), ATL: Ronald Acuna Jr. (2), Dansby Swanson (1)

PoG - Acuna Jr.

SERIES TIED 2-2

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ALCS GAME FOUR

If the Blue Jays win today, in front of their home fans, they are heading to the World Series.

YANKEES @ BLUE JAYS

Jameson Taillon vs Trent Thornton

Top of the 1st

Tyler Wade led off and was given 1st due to catcher interference.
Thornton then picked him off.

Bottom of the 1st

Cavan Biggio led off with a walk.
George Springer hit into a double play.
Rowdy Tellez homered.
Giancarlo Stanton walked.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit an RBI double but was thrown out trying to go to 3rd.

Blue Jays lead 2-0

Top of the 2nd

Aaron Judge led off with a single.
He went to 2nd on a Gio Urshela single.
They were left on.

Bottom of the 2nd

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 3rd

Wade singled with one out.
He scored on a two out double by Luke Voit.

Blue Jays lead 2-1

Bottom of the 3rd

Marcus Semien led off with a walk.
He went to 2nd and Biggio took 1st on an error by Taiilon.
Springer hit an RBI double.
Biggio scored on a Tellez sac fly.
Springer scored on a Stanton single.

Nestor Cortes relieved for the Yankees.
He stranded the runner.

Blue Jays lead 5-1

Top of the 4th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 4th

3 up, 3 down

Top of the 5th

3 up, 3 down

Bottom of the 5th

Springer doubled with one out.
He was thrown out trying to score on a Stanton single.

Top of the 6th

Gleyber Torres led off with a single.
He was left.

Bottom of the 6th

With two out, Jonathan Loáisiga relieved for the Yankees.

Top of the 7th

Mike Tauchman led off with a single.
With one out, Clint Frazier walked.

Jose Urena relieved for the Blue Jays.
He stranded the runners.

Bottom of the 7th

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. led off with a single.
Semien replaced him with a fielder's choice.
He was left on.

Top of the 8th

Voit singled with one out.
Judge hit into a double play.

Bottom of the 8th

Stanton singled with one out.
He was left.

Top of the 9th

3 up, 3 down

THE BLUE JAYS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!

WP - Trent Thornton (1-0)
Save - Jose Urena (1)
LP - Jameson Taillon (0-1)

PoG - Thornton

ALCS MVP - Cavan Biggio