Toronto Blue Jays one win away from their first ALCS since 2016

The GIST: The Toronto Blue Jays are officially one win away from their first American League Championship Series (ALCS) since 2016 after an explosive first two divisional series games vs. the NY Yankees. Feeling oh so savage with Game 3 and the chance to advance on deck tomorrow.

🔥 Jays put up 23 runs in two games, starting pitching dominates: Toronto’s bats didn’t look rusty after their first-round bye — they notched a whopping 29 total hits, eight of them home runs, as they topped NY 10–1 in Game 1 and 13–7 in Game 2.

• Perhaps no hit was bigger than Canada’s own Vladimir Guerrero Jr. belting the first-ever Jays postseason grand slam yesterday. Chills.

• And it wasn’t just the offense that wowed. Pitcher Kevin Gausman and the bullpen kept the Yanks at bay in Game 1 before rookie Trey Yesavage struck out a postseason franchise-record 11 in just over five innings of work yesterday, all in his fourth career MLB start no less.

👀 Blue birds can clinch ALCS tomorrow at 8:08 p.m. ET: This series now shifts to the Bronx, where trade deadline acquisition Shane Bieber will take the mound to try and close this thing out. Toronto notably went 2-4 on the road vs. the Yankees this season, but these bats know no cross-border limitations. Keep on soaring.