TORONTO — Beatdown doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Humiliation doesn’t quite capture it. Nor do train wreck or ignominious.
No, what the Blue Jays did to the Yankees during the first two games of their American League Division Series defy singular description because in the Yankees' long history of postseason play — which includes far more success, and opportunities for success, than any other franchise — they had never had back-to-back games like these.
Blown out by nine runs in Game 1, the Yankees turned in a hold-my-beer performance in Game 2.
Ace Max Fried was unable to make it through four innings and Will Warren was shellacked for four of Toronto's five homers. The Yankees fell behind by 12 runs through five, making it 20 straight runs scored by the Blue Jays in a seven-innin