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- Blue Jays waste 8-run lead, then outlast Yankees 11-9 to tie New York for AL East lead</p>
<p>IAN HARRISON July 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM</p>
<p>1 / 5Yankees Blue Jays BaseballToronto Blue Jays' Addison Barger (47) rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Toronto, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)</p>
<p>TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays wasted an eight-run lead, then outlasted the Yankees 11-9 Wednesday night as George Springer scored the go-ahead run on Devin Williams' eighth-inning wild pitch to tie New York for the AL East lead.</p>
<p>Toronto scored seven runs in the first inning off Will Warren and led 8-0 in the third, but the Yankees rallied with six runs in a sixth that included Giancarlo Stanton's first home run of the season, a three-run drive. New York tied the score 9-9 in the eighth when Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer off Yimi García (1-2), Judge's 31st home run this season.</p>
<p>Springer walked with one out in the bottom half off Williams (2-3) and stole second. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was intentionally walked, both runners advanced on Alejandro Kirk's flyout and Williams bounced a changeup as Springer came home. Addison Barger followed with an RBI single.</p>
<p>Toronto won its third straight in the series and matched the Yankees at 48-38. New York had held sole possession of the division lead since April 14, opening a seven-game advantage by late May. The Yankees are 13-18 since May 28, losing six of the past 10 series. Toronto has gone 21-10 in that span.</p>
<p>Davis Schneider hit two home runs and Barger hit a three-run drive in the first. Barger reached base three times and had four RBIs.</p>
<p>Jeff Hoffman worked around Trent Grisham's two-out single in the ninth, retiring Ben Rice on a popup for his 20th save in 24 chances.</p>
<p>Judge had three hits and three RBIs. He was intentionally walked for the 22nd time, one shy of Mickey Mantle's Yankees season record and the most for a player before the All-Star break since Albert Pujols' 23 in 2010.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Springer's steal of second.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>Judge's single in the third had an exit velocity of 118.1 mph, his hardest-hit ball since 118.4 mph in 2022.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Yankees RHP Clarke Schmidt (4-4, 3.09 ERA) is scheduled to face Blue Jays RHP Chris Bassit (7-4, 4.29) in Thursday's series finale.</p>
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