NEW YORK – From finally winning the American League East to ending a seven-game losing streak in the post-season, this Toronto Blue Jays core has slowly and steadily checked off long-sought accomplishments in this ever-astonishing season. Then in the top of the third inning at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night, when Anthony Santander slashed a single to right field to plate two runs, handing Shane Bieber a 6-1 lead, they appeared to be on the verge of adding yet another item to their list with a stunning sweep of the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series.

But then Bieber hit a rut in the bottom of the third and didn’t get out of the inning. Four straight relievers couldn’t put a lid on the Yankees offence. Aaron Judge counterpunched Vladimir Guerrero’s two-run homer in the

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