NEW YORK -- Vladimir Guerrero Jr . stood on the infield grass at Yankee Stadium, looked up at the sky and started to cry. His Toronto Blue Jays had just advanced to the American League Championship Series with a precise deconstruction of the reigning AL champion New York Yankees , and Guerrero wanted to say a prayer of thanks -- for the 5-2 victory in Game 4 of the division series Wednesday night and for the opportunity to deliver Toronto its first World Series berth in more than three decades.

"I got tears in my eyes," Guerrero said, "and I couldn't hold them."

The Blue Jays, afterthoughts in the AL entering the season and even still to some as they romped to a division title, used eight pitchers in Game 4 -- none who secured more than five outs -- to stifle a Yankees lineup tha

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