‘It Regarded Ugly’: MLB On FOX Crew React to Yankees After Blue Jays’ Massive Win

It wasn’t the prettiest of games for the New York Yankees. In fact, it was the opposite.

“It looked ugly, looked very ugly,” FOX Sports analyst and Yankees legend Derek Jeter said after the 10-1 loss in Game 1 of the American League Division Series to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Yankees pitcher Luis Gil lasted just over two innings while giving up solo shots to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alejandro Kirk, who finished with two homers on the night. The AL East champion Blue Jays had 14 hits to snap a seven-game playoff losing streak.

“For the Yankees to be successful, their starters need to go deep. You can’t keep putting pressure on the bullpen,” Jeter said. “But it’s one game. It was bigger for the Blue Jays, they had to win this game. The Yankees will be set up with [Max] Fried tomorrow.” 

Recreation 2 of the best-of-five collection can be Sunday in Toronto. 

Kevin Gausman (1-0) allowed one run and 4 hits in 5 2/3 innings for the win. He walked two and struck out three, trying spectacular for a staff that hadn’t gained a postseason recreation since 2016.

The Yankees didn’t put a runner in scoring place till Anthony Volpe doubled off the left-field wall to start the sixth. Austin Wells singled Volpe to 3rd and Trent Grisham walked to load the bases. Gausman struck out Aaron Choose however walked Cody Bellinger to convey dwelling a run.

MLB on FOX analyst and 2009 World Sequence winner Alex Rodriguez stated it was large for the Jays to belief Gausman to work himself out of that bases-loaded jam. 

“This can be a story about John Sneider, the Blue Jays supervisor, for trusting and having a really feel for Gausman,” Rodriguez added. 

Regardless of that essential strikeout, Jeter gave Choose credit score on the evening for going 2 for 4 with a single and a double, making him the one Yankees participant to succeed in base greater than as soon as.

“I do really feel as if he’s getting extra comfy,” Jeter stated. “You play in postseason video games, there’s at all times going to be large at-bats … everybody has been in these conditions and battle.”

“I am giving [Judge] the good thing about the doubt as a result of he did have a pair good at-bats, gotta give a tip of the cap to [Gausman].”

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