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Toronto Blue Jays read on Trey Yesavage to keep New York Yankees’ bats quiet in games 2 of Alds in just his fourth career big league start. He didn’t just keep them quiet – he dominated them and made MLB history in the process.
YESAVAGE became the first jug in the MLB story with 11 strikes, while not allowing any hits through the first five laps of a playoff game that led the way for Toronto to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-Fem series with a 13-7 win.
Rogers Center, just as it was on Saturday in Game 1 of the Series, rocked with a sold -out audience coming alive, the second Yesavage beat Trent Grisham out to open the game. He continued to beat Cody Bellinger and Ben Rice out to finish his first frame, showing an evil fastball-splitter combination thrown from a rare over-the-top arm slot.
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Toronto Blue Jay’s Pitcher Trey Yesavage (39) responds after a strike in the fourth round against New York Yankees during match two of the ALDS round for 2025 MLB playing at Rogers Center on October 5, 2025. (John E. Sokolowski/Imag- Pictures)
Yesavage continued to conquer bats as Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and others in Yankees’ lineup, which was the highest scoring in MLB this season.
Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal found Yesavage’s parents, Dave and Cheryl, in the Rogers Center to discuss their son’s incredible excursion.
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“I hoped he would do well, but I never expected this, especially against Yankees. As we are outside Philadelphia and we are Phillie’s fans, Yankees has not been our top team. This is fantastic. He did a good job,” Cheryl said.
Dave added, “He went to work, he did his job. He knows what his job is and he’s not in a better fanbase than right here in Toronto with all these fans right here.”
Yesavage’s mother said he was “born” with a calm temperament, one that was obviously shown in a high pressure start in the MLB post season.
Toronto Blue Jay’s Pitcher Trey Yesavage (39) is relieved in the sixth round against New York Yankees during the match Two of the ALDS round for 2025 MLB play at Rogers Center on October 5, 2025. (John E. Sokolowski/Imag- Pictures)
In the end, Yesavage’s line read no hits and 11 strikes over 5 ⅓ laps when manager John Schneider pulled him after 78 seats and a huge lead when the Toronto bats were the opposite of New Yorks – burning hot.
Blue Jay’s surprised Yankees Ace Max Fried when Ernie Clement got the scoring started with a two-run Homer at the bottom of the other. Then Blue Jays extended their lead with an Alejandro Kirk base, a Daulton Varsho double and a clement single to make it 5-0.
The wheels fell off for New York when Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who came in Game 1’s 10-1 victory, launched a Grand Slam out of Will Warren who came in for Fried after Lefty’s day ended after only three laps.
With a 9-0 lead, Varsho added the first of two homers in the game, a two-run shot that made it 11-0. George Springer added a Homer from Warren at the bottom of the fifth, and Varsho’s second came at the bottom of the sixth.
Toronto Blue Jay’s Pitcher Trey Yesavage (39) responds after a strike in the fourth round against New York Yankees during match two of the ALDS round for 2025 MLB playing at Rogers Center on October 5, 2025. (Kevin Sousa/Imag images)
Yankees managed some races to at least keep the game competitively, with Bellinger hit a two-run Homer followed by a five-race seventh lap.
But it was all for nothing as Yankees goes back to Bronx in the tricks after two dominant performances of Blue Jays. New York is facing elimination the rest of the way, while Toronto hopes to collect one more victory to send it to ALCS.
