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- Bo Bichette's 2-run double leads Blue Jays to 4-1 win over Yankees, 4-game lead in AL East</p>
<p>Ian CasselberryJuly 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM</p>
<p>The Toronto Blue Jays added to their first-place AL East lead over the New York Yankees, opening their three-game series with a 4-1 win at Rogers Centre on Monday night. Toronto has won 11 consecutive home games, setting a franchise record.</p>
<p>Kevin Gausman notched eight strikeouts in seven innings, allowing four hits to lead the Blue Jays. The lone run he gave up was on a Giancarlo Stanton home run in the fourth inning, leaving a splitter in the middle of the strike zone.</p>
<p>Toronto took the lead in the fifth on a two-run double by Bo Bichette, reaching low to pull a Carlos Rodón changeup into the left-field corner. That was the third straight baserunner Rodón allowed after walking George Springer and giving up a single to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.</p>
<p>Rodón then retired Alejandro Kirk and Davis Schneider, and looked like he might finish the inning from there. But consecutive errors by the Yankees allowed two more runs to score.</p>
<p>Third baseman Oswald Peraza threw a Myles Straw groundball wide of first base, allowing Bichette to score. That was followed by shortstop Anthony Volpe making a low throw to first on a Leo Jiménez grounder that Paul Goldschmidt couldn't field on the bounce.</p>
<p>Another error, this time by Volpe, and the Blue Jays get another run, 4-1 pic.twitter.com/FwsD5mxMlB</p>
<p>— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) July 22, 2025</p>
<p>Volpe's error was his 12th of the season, most among American League shortstops.</p>
<p>"He's still a top shortstop," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after the game. "He hasn't made a few plays that have generated a lot of noise."</p>
<p>The Yankees managed only one more hit during the next four innings, with Jazz Chisholm Jr. getting an eighth-inning single off reliever Brendon Little. Jeff Hoffman struck out the side in the ninth, closing out the game by catching pinch-hitter Ben Rice looking at a 97.9 mph fastball down the middle.</p>
<p>With their fourth straight win, the Blue Jays improved to 59-41 and increased their lead over the Yankees (55-45) to four games. Toronto is also a half-game behind the Detroit Tigers for the best record in the AL after Detroit was shut down by Paul Skenes in a 3-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.</p>
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