At instances in Recreation 1, the Yankees had their probabilities.
They solely trailed 2-0 when Luis Gil, who struggled in his 2025 playoff debut, was pulled within the third inning.
They’d the bases loaded with no outs within the sixth and Aaron Choose up, too.
However Choose struck out, the Yankees solely scored one run that body after which watched as their bullpen unraveled within the closing innings throughout their 10-1 loss to the Blue Jays within the ALDS opener.
Catcher Alejandro Kirk homered twice for Toronto whereas Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added a blast within the first inning.
Luke Weaver struggled for the second time this postseason — he nonetheless hasn’t recorded an out by means of two appearances —and was charged with three runs, whereas Fernando Cruz allowed one and Paul Blackburn three.
Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman solely wanted 75 pitches to navigate 5 ⅔ innings.
And trailing 1-0, the Yankees will flip to ace Max Fried on Sunday in Recreation 2 to keep away from being getting ready to elimination when the sequence shifts again to Yankee Stadium subsequent week.
