The Toronto Blue Jays continued their recent domination of the New York Yankees by taking two of three from their division rivals this week with a hard-fought win on Wednesday night to build a four-game lead in the American League East. In doing so, Toronto had secured the season-series win over the Yankees despite having three games left to go between the two juggernauts in September.
The Blue Jays will now head on the road to embark on a four-game series with the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. That will be promptly followed by a matchup against the AL East basement-dwelling Baltimore Orioles next week to lead up to the trade deadline.