Overview

• Toronto clinched the ALDS with a 5-2 Game 4 win at Yankee Stadium, where Ernie Clement collected two hits, scored the go-ahead run on George Springer’s sacrifice fly, was hit by a pitch, and caught a line drive from Aaron Judge.
• Clement later moved to third on a chopper that Jazz Chisholm Jr. misplayed for an error and scored on a Nathan Lukes single to widen the lead.
• Across the four-game series, he produced a .643/.625/.929 line with a double, a home run and five RBIs, totaling a 1.554 OPS in his first postseason.
• His surge included a 4-for-4 performance in Game 3, the first time in his major league career he recorded a hit in all four at-bats.
• Schneider highlighted Clement’s poise and versatility as hallmarks of his value, noting his near everyday role the past two seasons after earlier DFA stints with Cleveland and Oakland and his 2025 regular-season .277/.313/.398 line over 157 games.