NEW YORK — A one-hour, 46-minute rain delay essentially split Saturday’s game at Yankee Stadium into two halves. Neither went particularly well for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Bo Bichette avoided serious injury in the sixth inning on a play where he was thrown out at the plate as the potential tying run and, much later in the afternoon, the Blue Jays couldn’t mount a comeback as the New York Yankees prevailed in a 3-1 win over Toronto.

With the loss, the Blue Jays (82-60) saw their lead over the second-place Yankees (79-63) shrink to three games in the American League East.

Bichette had reached base with his MLB-leading 44th double in the sixth and, later in the frame, attempted to score on Nathan Lukes’ single to right. Bichette had barely reached third when Cody Bellinger scooped the ball,

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