After winning the Wild Card against the Red Sox, the Yankees had their chances to get things rolling in Game 1 of the ALDS. But, typical of their performance this year, inconsistency struck. And the Blue Jays made them pay brutally. Toronto cruised to a 10–1 win Saturday night, thanks to two homers from Alejandro Kirk and an early shot from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Now, this loss puts New York in a 0–1 hole in the best-of-five series.
And honestly, every part of the Yankees’ game came up short. Even manager Aaron Boone didn’t sugarcoat things in his postgame press conference. He broke down exactly what went wrong in the blowout loss. However, the offense took the maximum heat. “I mean, Judge, you get some there, and he had thrown a good heater down, just down earlier in the at-bat. The judge