Blue Jays lose to Red Sox as AL East lead shrinks to 1 game

TORONTO -- The American League East just got a little too interesting.

Moments before the Blue Jays lost, 4-1 , to the Red Sox on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, José Caballero looped a single into center field to score Aaron Judge, a walk-off win for the Yankees. Oh, how quickly things can change.

The Blue Jays’ lead in the American League East is just one game, the smallest lead they’ve held since July 3. They hold the tiebreaker over the Yankees, so this isn’t quite as scary as a “one-game lead” sounds, but there’s nothing comfortable about it. The Yankees are facing the White Sox, too, and while that young club is playing better baseball in the second half, they’re still sitting dead last in the American League while the Blue Jays are stuck facing AL Cy Young Award candidate Garr