Overview

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. opened the scoring with his first career postseason homer and finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
• Alejandro Kirk hit two solo shots, continuing a torrid stretch that powered Toronto’s late surge.
• Kevin Gausman earned the win with 5 2/3 effective innings and, with Louis Varland, escaped a bases-loaded jam as Judge struck out and Stanton went down swinging.
• Yankees starter Luis Gil exited after 2 2/3 innings, and a shaky bullpen unraveled in the seventh and eighth, with Luke Weaver failing to record an out as Toronto piled on eight runs.
• Toronto leads the best-of-five 1-0, and teams that take Game 1 in such series have historically advanced roughly 72% of the time, according to MLB data.