MLB playoffs 2025: Blue Jays take 2-0 lead behind another offensive outburst, Trey Yesavage's historic start

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Toronto's beatdown of New York in Game 1 was brutal. This one was worse, at least until the Blue Jays bullpen got involved.

In front of a raucous Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays once again showed off in Game 2 with a 13-7 win, behind a grand slam from Vladimir Guerrero Jr., a four-extra-base hit game from Daulton Varsho and an 11-strikeout, zero-hit start from rookie Trey Yesavage. They lead 2-0 in the ALDS.

Teams that take a 2-0 lead at home in a division series have won it 31 out of 34 times with 20 sweeps.

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Yesavage, who was drafted last year and began 2025 at Low-A, set the tone early, striking out three batters in the first inning and at one point striking out six batters in a row, tying an MLB postseason record. His 11 total K's broke the Blue Jays' postseason record.

The game was truly broken open in the fourth inning, when Guerrero demolished a baseball for the first postseason grand slam in Blue Jays history. Varsho proceeded to add two more homers after that, to go with two doubles earlier in the game.

At one point, the score was 12-0 Blue Jays. The Yankees made it a game again with seven combined runs in the sixth and seventh innings against the Toronto bullpen, but that still left a large gap to make up.

It was the first time the Yankees allowed double-digit runs in back-to-back postseason games, and now the reigning AL champs are staring at an 0-2 hole in the ALDS as the series moves to the Bronx. To save their season, they will send out Carlos Rodón in Game 3 on Tuesday to face Blue Jays starter Shane Bieber.