What's wrong with Toronto? You never did it when you were with RYU! Yankees lead East for the first time in nine years after losing four games in a row

Jul 04, 2025

What's wrong with Toronto? You never did it when you were with RYU! Yankees lead East for the first time in nine years after losing four games in a row
Toronto Blue Jays Nathan Lukis is giving a high five with his teammates after scoring in the bottom of the second inning against the New York Yankees at Rogers Center on the 4th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News



What's wrong with Toronto? You never did it when you were with RYU! Yankees lead East for the first time in nine years after losing four games in a row
New York Yankees Aaron Judge. ImagesYonhap News
Something tremendous happened in the AL East.

The New York Yankees, who have boasted the strongest team in the East, have been swept by the Toronto Blue Jays in four consecutive games.

Toronto won the Yankees 8-5 at the Rogers Center on the 4th (Korea time) with the concentration of the batting line that effectively drove 11 hits.




Toronto, which has won five consecutive games, including four consecutive home games against the Yankees, has risen to first place in the AL East with 49 wins and 38 losses. The Yankees, who had tied for first until the previous day, fell to second place by one game in 81 days since April 14 with 48 wins and 39 losses. It is the first time since 1989, when the stadium opened, that the Yankees lost all four consecutive games at Rogers Center.

It is the first time in about nine years that Toronto has been the sole leader in the East since September 6, 2016, in the rankings since the end of April except at the beginning of the season. In the meantime, the AL East has been called the `Group of Death' where the Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, and Baltimore Orioles compete for the championship.

What's wrong with Toronto? You never did it when you were with RYU! Yankees lead East for the first time in nine years after losing four games in a row
George Springer is circling the base with his right arm raised, which hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning. AFP Yonhap News
It's a whirlwind that no one expected ahead of this season. Team leader George Springer said after the game "It was a series that showed us what kind of team we are. We were able to beat the strongest team in the major leagues, although some players were injured. Obviously, the opponent is a strong team, so it's really cool that we won."




MLB.com has been missing nearly 10 years since the team, which was the strongest in 2015-2016, failed to win a game in the postseason and was eliminated early, marking a painful defeat. For the first time since the group of traitors led by Jose Batista and Josh Donaldson at the time, the coaching staff and the team are completely in sync. 'Now Toronto is not just complementing each other, but drawing more than that. It was evaluated as a kind of magic that is hard to find in computer data.

The first contributor to the victory was Nathan Lukis, who played leadoff for the first time this season. He led the batting line with three hits in five at-bats, two RBIs and two runs scored.

Toronto's attack in the bottom of the fourth inning was a watershed moment. Toronto, which had a chance to get the second and third bases with one out due to a walk by leadoff Will Wagner, a right-handed hit by Davis Schneider and a sacrifice bunt by Leo Jimenez, had the Rookies hit a left double and brought in both runners to take a 5-3 lead. After a close game going to 14 pitches, including eight fouls with Yankees right-hander Clayton Beater, the Rookies pushed a high fastball in the middle of 97.3 miles and hit a double running down the left-field line.




In the fifth inning, Addison Barger's superior solo home run widened the gap to 6-3 and in the eighth inning, when he was trailing 6-5, Springer sealed the game with a two-run home run. Closer Jeff Hoffman gave up a double to Jason Dominguez after one out in the top of the ninth, but he put Anthony Wolfie and Austin Wells to rest and keep the win.

What's wrong with Toronto? You never did it when you were with RYU! Yankees lead East for the first time in nine years after losing four games in a row
Toronto starter Chris Bassett is throwing the ball vigorously. ImagesYonhap News
What's wrong with Toronto? You never did it when you were with RYU! Yankees lead East for the first time in nine years after losing four games in a row
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits a ground ball against the Yankees on the 3rd (Korea time) and sprints to first base. AP Yonhap News
All four consecutive games were close. On the previous day, Toronto gave up a two-run shot to Aaron Judge in the top of the eighth inning to allow a 9-9 tie, then added two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs and runners on the second and third bases, with Devin Williams' wild pitch and Barger's timely hit. In the game on the 2nd, he also scored five points in the bottom of the seventh inning and three points in the bottom of the eighth inning, winning 12-5. On the first day, he scored four points in the bottom of the sixth inning with five hits, trailing 1-3, and came from behind to win 5-4.

Toronto coach John Schneider said in an interview with local reporters before the game that `"Coaches and players talked directly from the start of the season, removing the stigma that we are the worst base learning team." I used Vladimir Guerrero as a tool. If he plays hustle, other players will do the same."

He praised the players' mental strength to do it like a stickler.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.