Kevin Gausman pitches Toronto Blue Jays past New York Yankees to maintain lead for 2nd AL wild card

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Kevin Gausman tossed six shutout innings, outpitching Michael King as they traded strikeouts all night, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-1 on Wednesday for their fifth consecutive victory.

Locked in a heated playoff race, the Blue Jays scored five times in the final two innings and stayed a game ahead of Texas and Seattle for the second of three American League wild cards. Toronto hasn't lost since getting swept at home in four games by the Rangers last week.

That made a hard-luck loser of King , a converted reliever who set career highs across the board with 13 strikeouts over seven innings on 101 pitches in his seventh start this season. The lone run he allowed came on Bichette's infield hit that glanced off his glove in the third, the last of three straight two-out singles by Toronto.

But without much offensive support, New York lost its third straight and fell back to .500 as its improbable postseason hopes keep slipping away. The Yankees have mustered only four runs during their skid — and manager Aaron Boone wasn't around for much of the latest loss after getting ejected in the second inning.

Gausman bounced back from a wild outing last week, when he walked six over 4 2/3 innings in a loss to Texas. This time, he struck out 10 and walked three while scattering three harmless hits.

 

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