Overview

• The Blue Jays took a 1-0 ALDS lead with a 10-1 win over the Yankees as Alejandro Kirk hit two solo homers and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also went deep.
• Kevin Gausman escaped a bases-loaded, none-out jam by striking out Aaron Judge in the sixth before Toronto blew the game open with four-run frames in the seventh and eighth.
• The Dodgers grabbed a 1-0 NLDS edge with a 5-3 comeback in Philadelphia, capped by Teoscar Hernández’s two-out, three-run homer in the seventh.
• Shohei Ohtani struck out nine over six innings in his postseason pitching debut, Tyler Glasnow recorded five key outs in relief, Alex Vesia stranded the bases loaded in the eighth, and rookie Roki Sasaki earned his first career save.
• Seattle tabbed George Kirby for its ALDS Game 1 start against Detroit after a late-season rebound tied to a sinker-grip tweak and mental routine, while injuries are impacting staffs with Brandon Woodruff out for the ALDS and Astros pitcher Luis García undergoing Tommy John surgery.