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New York Yankees is not done yet. They gathered from a 6-1 deficit for their biggest comeback victory in an elimination game in franchise history and took Game 3 of ALDS against Toronto Blue Jays.
Yankees scored eight unanswered races in the middle lap to secure a 9-6 win. They will now turn to Rookie Cam Schlittler – whose first post -season start was a masterpiece in the Wild Card series Victory over Boston Red Sox – when facing elimination again on Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, Blue Jay’s manager John Schneider will probably rely on a Bullpen game to try to cool off a sudden red-hot Yankees lineup.
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New York Yankees Outfielder Aaron Judge (99) hits an RBI -double in the third round against Toronto Blue Jays during the match Three of the Alds round for 2025 MLB play at Yankee Stadium on October 7, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta/Imag images)
After being outscored 23-8 in the first two matches, Yankees had to hit early. But the Yankee Stadium -the quantity was almost instantly spent by another Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Home driving.
The red-hot swallow hammered a Carlos Rodón shift over the left-central field fence to make it 2-0 right away to Toronto. Yankees responded with a Giancarlo Stanton to-Out single at the bottom of the first place, but Blue Jays took the wind out of any Yankees sail at the top of the third.
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Toronto put a four-spot when a series of RBI singles from Daulton Varsho, Ernie Clement and Anthony Santander made it a 6-1 game and knocked Rodón out, just like Max Fried in Game 2 as he couldn’t go more than three rounds.
But Yankees continued to hang around and responded as Aaron judge hit a RBI double in the lower half of the third, while Stanton came through with a victim fly to score Cody Bellinger and make it a 6-3 game.
Blue Jays still owned a solid lead after three laps, but Yankees was simply looking for one break and a moment that could potentially turn everything around in this series. That’s what they got when what seemed to be a light pop-up of Austin Wells turned into a crucial mistake of Addison Barger in a short left field.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. From New York Yankees responds after hit a solo home against Toronto Blue Jays during the fifth round of Game Three of the American League Division series at Yankee Stadium on October 7, 2025 in Bronx Borough of New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
With Wells on the second base and Trent Grisham Walking, referee came to the record with a chance to tie the game with a turn. Judge has been strongly criticized for his career after the season, and although he has a playoff-high total of hits so far, he has not done what he does best-hit the ball out of the ballpark.
If there was ever a time for another signature judge’s moment, this was the against Louis Varland, Blue Jays’ reliever with high leverage, which has given up two long balls to No. 99 in his career.
With a two-strike number, judge at a 99.7 mph fastball swung well out of the plate inside and roped it down the left field line. It knocked out of the bad rod to a three-race home drive to tie the game at six o’clock, and Yankee-tro-timber woke up with a collective roar.
Of course, Yankees knew that the game was only tied up and they needed more races to keep their season alive. At the bottom of the fifth, Jazz Chisholm Jr. knew that he got the whole of Varland Fastball when he hammered it to the second tire in the right field for the team’s first lead of the series. Wells added some insurance with an RBI Singel to make it 8-6.
Yankees, who now holds a 9-6 lead thanks to a leg Rice victim fly at the bottom of the sixth, needed nine outs from their top two Bullpen arms, Devin Williams and David Bednar, to move on to Game 4. Williams came through with four outs, including two strikes while Bednar delivered the last five outs.
Aaron Judge of New York Yankees celebrates hitting a three-run home drive against Toronto Blue Jays during the fourth round in the game three of the American League Division series at Yankee Stadium on October 7, 2025 in Bronx Borough of New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
Also, New York would not have been able to win this game if it wasn’t for Fernando Cruz, Camilo Doval and Tim Hill, who closed Blue Jays’ violation while Yankee’s tiled away at the deficit.
Game 4 will be a at. 20:08 A First Pitch at Yankee Stadium Wednesday night.
