Blue Jays eliminate Yankees, advance to ALCS

NEW YORK -- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer each drove successful a run, and 8 Toronto pitchers unopen down the New York Yankees successful a 5-2 victory Wednesday nighttime that sent the Blue Jays to the American League Championship Series for the archetypal clip successful 9 years.

Nathan Lukes provided a two-run azygous and Addison Barger had 3 of Toronto's 12 hits arsenic the pesky Blue Jays, fouling disconnected pugnacious pitches and consistently putting the shot successful play, bounced close backmost aft blowing a five-run pb successful Tuesday night's nonaccomplishment astatine Yankee Stadium.

AL East champion Toronto took the best-of-five Division Series 3-1 and volition big Game 1 successful the best-of-seven ALCS connected Sunday against the Detroit Tigers oregon Seattle Mariners.

Those teams are acceptable to determine their playoff bid Friday successful Game 5 astatine Seattle.

Ryan McMahon homered for the wild-card Yankees, incapable to stave disconnected elimination for a 4th clip this postseason arsenic they failed to repetition arsenic AL champions.

Despite a terrific playoff show from Aaron Judge pursuing his erstwhile October troubles, the 33-year-old prima slugger remains without a World Series ring. New York is inactive chasing its 28th rubric and archetypal since 2009.