{"id":831883,"date":"2021-09-30T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=831883"},"modified":"2021-09-30T14:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:44:14","slug":"mlb-blue-jays-beat-yankees-after-blowing-early-lead-keep-al-wild-card-race-tight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-blue-jays-beat-yankees-after-blowing-early-lead-keep-al-wild-card-race-tight\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB: Blue Jays Beat Yankees After Blowing Early Lead, Keep AL Wild Card Race Tight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmlb-blue-jays-beat-yankees-after-blowing-early-lead-keep-al-wild-card-race-tight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=831883&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235590719.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Just when you thought the Yankees were tightening their grasp on a playoff spot, Bo Bichette and the Toronto Blue Jays put a halt to their hot streak.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Toronto ended the Yankees\u2019 seven-game winning streak Wednesday behind two home runs from Bichette \u2014 including a go-ahead solo shot in the eighth \u2014 beating New York 6-5 and crept closer in the AL Wild Card race.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For Toronto, the win puts them one-game back of Boston for the second Wild Card spot, the Yankees remain one up on the Red Sox for the first Wild Card.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Blue Jays jumped on Yankees ace Gerrit Cole early, getting out to a 4-0 lead after four innings. Marcus Semien hit a two-run shot in the first, and Toronto was able to tack on a run in both the second and third innings. Bichette launched the first of his two solo home runs in the third inning with a 412-foot shot to right.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Yankees were able to claw back, tying the game at 5-5 on a two-run single by Kyle Higashioka in the seventh inning.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But Bichette wasn\u2019t going to allow Toronto to blow their early lead, hitting a go-ahead solo shot off of Yankees reliever Clay Holmes to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI still really haven\u2019t calmed down yet,\u201d Bichette <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/recap?gameId=401229419\">said<\/a>. \u201cJust a lot of excitement. Big spot and I got the job done, so it felt good.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For New York, the start by Cole was a major disappointment. Cole had an opportunity to put some distance between the Yankees and Blue Jays and failed. Five earned runs in six innings isn\u2019t what the Yankees pay him $36 million a year for.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think we\u2019re running into some really tough teams,\u201d Cole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/mlb\/news\/gerrit-coles-next-start-will-be-his-most-important-of-2021-but-theres-cause-for-concern-with-yankees-ace\/\">told<\/a> reporters. \u201cI just was not quite sharp enough today. That\u2019s just the bottom line. I think that I certainly showed the ability to make the pitches that we needed to over the course of the game. I just didn\u2019t make enough of them.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cole may be available to pitch against the Tampa Bay Rays if needed in game 162 on three-day rest, but Cole has a 6.15 ERA in his last five starts and has faltered when the Yankees have needed him most.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPhysically, I think the velocity is in a good spot,\u201d <\/span><span>Cole <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/mlb\/news\/gerrit-coles-next-start-will-be-his-most-important-of-2021-but-theres-cause-for-concern-with-yankees-ace\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> MLB.com\u2019s Bryan Hoch<\/span><span> after the game. \u201cThings have rebounded well since a couple of those injury mishaps. I\u2019m in a good enough spot to make enough good pitches. I\u2019ve just got to make those pitches at the right times.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Toronto and New York conclude their three-game series Thursday night, with Corey Kluber [5-3, 3.82 ERA] on the bump for the Yankees and AL Cy Young candidate Robbie Ray [13-6, 2.68 ERA] getting the start for Toronto.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Yankees magic number to clinch a playoff spot is three, with Thursday\u2019s game against Toronto and a three-game series against AL East division winner Tampa Bay left on the schedule.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Toronto will host the last-place Orioles to end the year and Boston finishes their season against the Washington Nationals. The Seattle Mariners \u2014 0.5 games back of the second Wild Card spot \u2014 end the regular season with a three-game series against the Angels. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to&nbsp;<\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought the Yankees were tightening their grasp on a playoff spot, Bo Bichette and the Toronto Blue Jays put a halt to their hot streak.\u00a0Toronto ended the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-831883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}