NEW YORK – Aaron Judge had helped launch the Yankees back in Game 3, and you had to like their chances of taking the AL Division Series to a decisive Game 5.
This was a bullpen game for the Toronto Blue Jays , with an exposed relief corps that faced a tough challenge.
Already a veteran of one spectacular performance in a playoff elimination game, rookie Cam Schlittler did his job, keeping the Yanks within a run entering the seventh.
At a critical time, a fielding error and some unreliable relief – items that plagued the Yankees at times this summer – contributed to a three-run Toronto lead.
But mostly, the Yankees' lineup failed to produce while the captain kept swinging - to the tune of a .500 postseason batting average and a 1.273 OPS.
As a sellout crowd exited Yankee Stadium, the