TORONTO — Pffft.
There went the momentum from the Yankees’ emotion-packed victory over the Red Sox in the Wild Card Series.
Their bats went ice-cold on an unseasonably 77-degree afternoon north of the border, and the Yankees — shut down by splitter specialist Kevin Gausman and four relievers — were blown out by the Toronto Blue Jays, 10-1, in Game 1 of their American League Division Series on Saturday afternoon in front of a roaring sellout crowd of 44,655 at Rogers Centre.
The Yankees will send ace lefthander Max Fried to the mound Sunday afternoon in Game 2 of the best-of-five series. He’ll be opposed by hard-throwing rookie righthander Trey Yesavage.
“We’re going to keep the same mindset we’ve had all year,” said Aaron Judge, who went 2-for-4 but struck out in arguably the day’s b