TORONTO – Trent Grisham drew a six-pitch walk in the sixth inning off of Kevin Gausman and suddenly the Toronto Blue Jays were in trouble.

Gausman had been humming along on Saturday, issuing just two hits through the first five innings of Game 1 of the American League Division Series with solo home runs by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alejandro Kirk giving Toronto a 2-0 lead over the New York Yankees.

But Anthony Volpe had led off the sixth with a double, Austin Wells singled, and then Grisham’s free pass loaded the bases with no outs and MVP candidate Aaron Judge at the plate.

“Kind of mano a mano in that moment,” said Gausman in his post-game news conference. “Unfortunately, I walked the guy before to load the bases with no outs against one of the best hitters in the game.

“At that mome

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