TORONTO (AP) — Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton had their chance.

When both big sluggers came up empty, the New York Yankees' leaky bullpen failed to get them another one.

New York trailed by two runs and had the bases loaded with nobody out as Judge stepped to the plate against Toronto Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman in the sixth inning of their AL Division Series opener Saturday.

But what looked like a prime opportunity soon fizzled, and the Yankees' shaky relief corps couldn’t keep the game close after that as New York lost 10-1.

Gausman struck out Judge on a 3-2 splitter for the first out of the sixth.

“That’s a huge, huge strikeout obviously to (a guy) who is going to be the MVP of the league, probably,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said.

Cody Bellinger followed with a walk

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