"The Toronto Blue Jays needed a different script for Wednesday's Game 4 against the New York Yankees. They'd gotten their lead in the series by socking the ball all over the damn place-six extra-base hits in Game 1, eight in Game 2; 29 total hits and eight dingers-and by getting commanding performances from starting pitchers Kevin Gausman and Trey Yesavage. Now they were out of starters, having left Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt off their ALDS roster, and would need to survive a bullpen game."
"The Blue Jays won the American League East, yes, but with the same overall record as the Yankees, and I think if you wipe away the current standings and put these two teams on a field together, history and prominence and the soup of national and regional neurotic complexes tend in combination to make it a lot easier to think of the Yankees as a kind of inevitability."
The Toronto Blue Jays entered Game 4 needing a different script after dominating early with extra-base hits and strong starts from Kevin Gausman and Trey Yesavage. Toronto lacked available starters, having left Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt off the ALDS roster, forcing a bullpen game. The Yankees countered with rookie Cam Schlittler, coming off a historic performance, and carried momentum from a stirring Game 3 comeback. Perceptions of history, home-field advantage, and national narratives magnified the sense of inevitability around the Yankees and increased pressure on Toronto's bullpen and lineup.
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