
Blue Jays pull away late after squandering big lead to defeat Yankees 11-9
TORONTO — 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.
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.
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.
In the bottom of the eighth, Springer worked a one-out walk, stole second and advanced to third on Alejandro Kirk’s sacrifice fly to centre. Barger knocked in Vladimir Guerrero Jr.