BRONX - There was nary Aaron Judge magic this clip around. No five-run comeback either.
Yankee Stadium was quiet connected Wednesday pinch truthful small for the location fans to cheer about.
The Toronto Blue Jays group the early reside successful Game 4 and didn't fto up successful a 5-2 triumph that sealed the American League Division Series successful 4 games and ended New York's season.
Nathan Lukes had a two-run azygous and 8 Toronto relievers held the Yankees to six hits arsenic the Blue Jays reached the AL Championship Series for the first clip since 2016.
"It feels amazing," said Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who deed .529 successful the series. "I don't person words to explicate really I consciousness correct now."
The first roadworthy triumph of the bid prevented a decisive Game 5 backmost astatine Rogers Centre connected Friday. Instead the Blue Jays could remainder up of Game 1 astatine location connected Sunday against the Detroit Tigers aliases the Seattle Mariners.
Addison Barger had 3 hits for Toronto and Ernie Clement scored doubly and had 2 hits to boost his bid mean to an eye-popping .643.
Seranthony Dominguez - Toronto's 3rd reliever - sewage 5 outs for the triumph and Jeff Hoffman picked up the last 4 outs for the save.
"We put the shot successful play erstwhile we needed to and we struck guys retired erstwhen we needed to, which is benignant of what you're shooting for," said Blue Jays head John Schneider.
Judge had an RBI successful the ninth inning for New York and Ryan McMahon deed a solo homer successful the third.
"The ending is the worst, right?" said head Aaron Boone, who guided the Yankees to the pennant past year. "Especially erstwhile you cognize you person a really bully group."
Toronto scored 23 runs complete 2 victories astatine Rogers Centre past weekend. New York responded by pulling disconnected a five-run comeback successful Game 3 - keyed by a three-run Judge homer - connected Tuesday.
Louis Varland, who gave up 2 homers a nighttime earlier, started Game 4 and was followed by Mason Fluharty, Dominguez, Eric Lauer, Yariel Rodriguez, Brendon Little, Braydon Fisher and yet Hoffman.
"Everyone other saw it arsenic a bullpen time but we saw it arsenic a squad day," Schneider said successful the locker-room arsenic champagne was poured complete his head.
The Blue Jays precocious to their eighth ALCS successful squad history. The different ALDS is going the region pinch the Mariners group to big the Tigers connected Friday astatine T-Mobile Park.
Like it was a nighttime earlier, "O Canada" was booed lustily by galore successful the sellout crowd of 47,823.
The Blue Jays attacked Yankees starter Cam Schlittler successful the first inning pinch each 3 hits hardly landing wrong the foul line.
George Springer led disconnected pinch a double and scored connected a Guerrero single. Only a bully sliding drawback by left-fielder Cody Bellinger connected a Daulton Varsho flare kept Toronto from a large inning.
McMahon tied it pinch his first profession homer but the Blue Jays regained the lead successful the fifth.
Clement and Andres Gimenez deed back-to-back singles to put runners connected the corners. Springer deed a sacrifice alert to sheet Clement and make it 2-1.
In the seventh, the Blue Jays caught a break erstwhile New York 2nd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was handcuffed by a difficult one-hopper from Gimenez.
Clement moved to 3rd and Gimenez later stole second, pinch some runners coming successful connected a Lukes azygous disconnected Devin Williams.
"I was reasoning spot the heater, deed the heater," Lukes said. "He gave it to maine and I came through."
The Yankees threatened successful the bottommost half. With Judge looming successful the on-deck circle, Little sewage Trent Grisham to popular up.
There was much hostility successful the eighth arsenic Fisher gave up a two-out azygous and a locomotion earlier being relieved by Hoffman. Pinch-hitter Ben Rice walked to bring Austin Wells to the sheet pinch the bases loaded.
Hoffman sewage him connected a flyout and Yankees fans started heading for the exits.
"Credit to the Blue Jays and the twelvemonth they've had," Boone said. "They hit america this series, elemental arsenic that."
Some absorbing decisions await for the Blue Jays. Veteran starters Chris Bassitt and Max Scherzer were near disconnected the ALDS roster but could return for the ALCS.
And prima shortstop Bo Bichette has started hitting and ray moving arsenic he continues to advancement aft spraining his near knee a period ago.
But those roster decisions will hold until later successful the week. For now, the Blue Jays will savour an accomplishment 9 years successful the making.