We’ve got to, obviously, tighten it up.” “Confident we will. We’ll continue to work at it. We have good defenders here, but tonight was obviously a rough night for us.”

Bo Bichette hit a two-run homer, Chris Bassitt struck out eight in a season-high 7 1/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of four New York errors to beat the sloppy Yankees 8-4.

On nights like Wednesday — facing defensive performances like the Yankees' — the Jays' quiet strength became loud again.

Things are going about as well as they can for the Toronto Blue Jays, who have skyrocketed up the AL East standings and entered Saturday owning a 5 1/2 game lead over the New York Yankees. If you told a Blue Jays fan in January that Toronto would have the sport’s best record on July 26,

As the MLB trade deadline approaches, the Arizona Diamondbacks could have interest in two of their veteran starting pitchers.

Right as Yankees manager Aaron Boone was about to take the ball from ace Max Fried in the sixth inning in Toronto on Wednesday night, YES Network cameras zoomed in on the left-hander’s throwing hand. Fried, who had been wiping his hand on his jersey toward the end of his outing, had blood above the nail on his pinky finger.

His postseason experience and track record could significantly benefit the Blue Jays rotation down the stretch. It will be interesting to see if Toronto decides to target him. With a recent hot streak and a resurgence from George Springer, Toronto is looking like one of the AL's top teams.

In the first season of interleague play in 1997, a 94-loss edition of the Philadelphia Phillies pulled off a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees, the then-reigning World Series champions.