Prior to Sunday’s Game 2 of the ALDS, the Yankees had some recent experience facing a rookie starter with their season on the line. Article content

In a must-win wild card Game 3 against the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees were up against young left-hander Connelly Early. Article content Article content

The kid was good early in shutting down the Yankees for the first three innings, but the Yankees finally chased him in a four-run fourth inning and went on to win the game and the three-game series.

On Sunday at the Rogers Centre, they faced another pitcher for the first time in Blue Jays’ Trey Yesavage but this time the outcome was different. Second time through the New York order, the big right-hander was just as dominant. He struck out the side in the first inning as well as the fourt

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