Jays eliminate Yankees as Phillies, Tigers, and Cubs keep playoff hopes alive
The Toronto Blue Jays ended the New York Yankees’ postseason run on Wednesday, knocking them out of the Major League Baseball playoffs.
Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Phillies staved off elimination against the defending World Series champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, while the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs also stayed alive in their respective series, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
Toronto triumphed 5-2 at Yankee Stadium to win their best-of-five American League division series 3-1.
The Phillies, fighting for their playoff lives after dropping the first two games in Philadelphia, downed the Dodgers 8-2 in Los Angeles to claw back to 2-1 in their National League series.
The Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs also stayed alive.
Detroit beat the Seattle Mariners 9-3 to level their American League series at two games apiece.
The Cubs edged the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 to pull within 2-1 in their National League series.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled in a run to put Toronto on the board in the first inning.
Ryan McMahon pulled New York level with a home run in the third, but the Blue Jays inched back in front with a run in the fifth on George Springer's sacrifice fly.
Nathan Lukes gave the Blue Jays a bit of breathing room with a two-run single in the seventh and Toronto added one run in the eighth before surviving a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the frame.
"It feels great," Guerrero said. "Everybody was just together since the first day. You could tell that something special was there.
"Maybe some people don't believe in the team through the year, but I always remind everyone that we have an entire country behind us that believe in us and, hopefully, we can get the World Series back to Canada."
The Yankees, who fell to the Dodgers in the World Series last year, haven't lifted the crown since 2009.
"We got beat here," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "Credit to the Blue Jays. They took it to us this series."
The Blue Jays will face either the Tigers or Mariners for a World Series berth.
In Detroit, Riley Greene and Javier Baez both homered in a four-run sixth inning as the Tigers rallied to beat the Mariners.
Gleyber Torres also homered for the Tigers, who will try to keep the momentum going when Seattle hosts game five on Friday.
"We believe," Greene said. "We're never out of the game no matter what and we always believe in ourselves."
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