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Yankees advance to ALDS, will meet Blue Jays in playoffs for first time
The Yankees won the Wild Card Series 2-1 over the Red Sox and will face the Blue Jays, who secured home-field advantage by winning the AL East title via tiebreaker.
- On Saturday, Oct. 4 the New York Yankees open the ALDS in Toronto against the Toronto Blue Jays, with Game 1 scheduled for 4:08 p.m.
- After beating the Red Sox in the Wild Card, the New York Yankees advanced by clinching the series 2-1 with a 4-0 win Thursday behind rookie Cam Schlittler's eight shutout innings and 12 strikeouts.
- Led by Aaron Judge, the Yankees bring elite offense into the ALDS, with Judge leading the majors at.331 and hitting 53 homers plus batting.363 with one RBI in the Wild Card Series.
- Immediate consequences include ALCS advancement and ticket demand for the opener, with Game 1 tickets starting at $107 and lower 200-level tickets at $238 as of publication.
- With identical 94-68 records, Toronto earned home-field via head-to-head tiebreaker in the first-ever playoff meeting against the Yankees, who have 27 World Series titles to the Blue Jays' 1992 and 1993 championships.
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Aaron Boone’s message to ‘badass’ Yankees as they head to face Blue Jays in ALDS
Aaron Boone was ready to celebrate this wild-card series win — and extol the play of his team. The Yankees beat the Red Sox, 4-3, in a winner-take-all Game 3 over the Red Sox in The Bronx on Thursday night, and in the revelry inside the clubhouse at Yankee Stadium afterward, the New York skipper let it be known how proud he was.
·New York, United States
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The first battle of the series between the Blue Jays and the Yankees will take place on Sunday in Toronto.
·Montreal, Canada
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