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

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