The Blue Jays can sweep their way into the American League championship series with a win at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know:
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The Jays have overwhelmed the New York Yankees so far in this best-of-five series, outscoring the Bronx Bombers 23-8 over the first two games and nabbing easy wins in both.
It’s the highest run total in the first two games of a post-season in baseball history.
The Jays have out-homered the Yankees 8-1 — New York led the majors with 274 home runs in the regular season — with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. , Daulton Varsho and Alejandro Kirk having hit two each, and they have only struck out seven times against the Yanks’ 21.
Blue Jays starting pitchers have combined to allow one run on four hits over 11 innings, and Shane Bi