The Toronto Blue Jays were caught by the New York Yankees in an unclear decision. The loss was even more painful because it was able to further solidify the American League wild card ticket.

Toronto lost 0-2 in a home match against the 2023 Major League Baseball New York Yankees held at the Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 27th (Korean time).

Toronto is currently competing fiercely for the American League wild card ticket. Major League wild cards can advance to the postseason stage up to 3rd place, and based on the recent good trend, Toronto was in 2nd place with 87 wins, 69 losses, and a winning percentage of 0.558 before the game on the 27th.

Toronto is 1.5 games behind the third-place Houston Astros and 3 games behind the Seattle Mariners (4th), raising its probability of advancing to the postseason to 97.8%. And on this day, in an opportunity to put a ‘wedge’ in advancing to the postseason, they bowed out after a tense pitching battle.

The match against the Yankees that day unfolded in a very tense manner. ‘Ace’ Kevin Gausman, who took the mound as Toronto’s starter, had a quality start+ (less than 3 earned runs in 7 innings) with 3 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, and no runs in 7 innings, and Yankees starter Michael King also allowed 1 hit, 5 walks, and 5 strikeouts in 6 innings. He fought back by recording a quality start (less than 3 earned runs in 6 innings).

It was the Yankees who had the scoring opportunity first. The Yankees had a chance in the first inning with Gleyber Torres and Giancarlo Stanton each getting a walk, with two outs and runners on first and second base. However, Isaiah Kiner-Falepa was blocked by Gausman in the scoring opportunity and was unable to capitalize on the opportunity.

Toronto also missed a scoring opportunity. Toronto had a chance to score a large number of runs in the bottom of the third inning with bases loaded and two outs, thanks to Alejandro Kirk’s single and consecutive walks by George Springer and Bo Bichette. But here was an unfortunate decision. During Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s at-bat, Yankees starting pitcher King threw a sinker on the sixth pitch, which was outside the strike zone.

Guerrero Jr. decided that it was a ball and did not put out his bat. However, at this time, the umpire’s hand went up, causing Guerrero Jr. to strike out rather than walk, and Toronto ended up scoring no points due to ‘unwillingness’.카지노

The pitching battle continued until the second half of the game. The Yankees had a chance to reach second and third with one out and a hit by Stanton and Kiner-Falepa in the 7th inning, and Oswaldo Cabrera hit a ground ball to shortstop. At this time, shortstop Bisset, who caught the batted ball, erased Stanton, who was heading home, and the Yankees were unable to score again as follow-up batter Oswaldo Peraza failed to get a hit.

In the bottom of the 7th inning, with Toronto silent on a chance with 2 outs and runners on third base, it was the Yankees who ended up scoring the first run. Toronto brought in closer Jordan Romano in the top of the 9th inning, but he got off to a shaky start when he was hit by leadoff hitter Torres, and then hit a 95.9 mph (about 154.3km) four-seam fastball on the first pitch to follow-up hitter Austin Wells, hitting a two-run home run to take the lead. I held it in my hand.

Despite having two chances through the 9th inning, Toronto was unable to score, ultimately losing 0-2 and missing the opportunity to secure a wild card ticket.