NEW YORK – The morning after the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the American League Division Series, John Schneider caught up with Kevin Gausman in the weight room and thanked the right-hander. A 10-1 final belied the angst-filled nature of the opener, especially during the sixth inning, when Aaron Judge came up with none out and the bases loaded, a narrow 2-0 lead hanging by a thread. Despite the analytic case for making a change – third time through the order, good career matchup for the perennial AL MVP candidate versus the ace – Schneider stuck with Gausman, a high-stakes call that would have been second-guessed ad nauseum had it backfired. Gausman made sure it didn’t, getting Judge on a brilliant full-count, strike-to-ball splitter, and limited the damage to

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