{"id":149062,"date":"2025-07-03T13:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/149062\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:53:15","slug":"blue-jays-pull-away-late-to-top-yankees-11-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/149062\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays pull away late to top Yankees 11-9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TORONTO \u2013 A wild pitch from New York Yankees reliever Devin Williams scored George Springer and Addison Barger followed with a run-scoring single in the eighth inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a wild 11-9 win on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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With their third straight win to open the four-game set, the Blue Jays (48-38) moved into a first-place tie with the Yankees (48-38) in the American League East Division.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays squandered an 8-0 advantage. Aaron Judge pushed the Yankees into a 9-9 tie with his 31st homer, a decisive 440-foot blast off Yimi Garcia (1-2) into the second deck in left field in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n

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In the bottom of the eighth, Springer worked a one-out walk, stole second and advanced to third on Alejandro Kirk\u2019s sacrifice fly to centre. Barger knocked in Vladimir Guerrero Jr.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Williams (2-3) took the loss, while Jeff Hoffman registered his 20th save before 30,985 at Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n

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Barger\u2019s three-run blast and Davis Schneider\u2019s two-run homer played a big part in the Blue Jays\u2019 seven-run first inning.<\/p>\n

The home team was ahead 8-0 before the Yankees struck for six in the fifth inning. Giancarlo Stanton\u2019s three-run shot made it 8-6.<\/p>\n

The Yankees scored again in the sixth, but Schneider\u2019s second homer in the seventh inning put Toronto in front 9-7.<\/p>\n

Toronto\u2019s Jose Berrios went 4 1\/3 innings, giving up six runs on nine hits with three strikeouts.<\/p>\n

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Yankees starter Will Warren only lasted four innings. He yielded eight runs on 10 hits with four walks and four strikeouts.<\/p>\n

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Yankees: After reaching base five times (three walks, two singles) on Tuesday, Judge delivered a single, double, homer and was intentionally walked in five plate appearances.<\/p>\n

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Blue Jays: In the bottom of the second inning, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was announced as the American League starting first baseman for the All-Star Game in Atlanta on July 15, joining Judge.<\/p>\n

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Toronto scored what turned out to be an important run in the third inning when Andres Gimenez\u2019s line-drive single deflected off Warren to score Will Wagner for an 8-0 lead.<\/p>\n

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The Yankees\u2019 six-run fifth ended a streak of 14 shutout innings for Berrios.<\/p>\n

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In the series finale, Toronto\u2019s Chris Bassitt (7-4) will face Yankees righty Clarke Schmidt (4-4).<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 2, 2025.<\/p>\n

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