The New York Yankees will attempt to keep their season alive on Tuesday, Oct. 7, as they host the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of their American League Division Series.
Toronto took the first two games at home to be on the verge of advancing to the championship series round. The unlikely hero in Game 2 was rookie right-hander Trey Yesavage, who was making just his fourth major league start. He struck out 11, walked just one and allowed no hits in 5 ⅓ innings as the Jays rolled to a 13-7 victory.
Toronto turns to trade deadline acquisition Shane Bieber (4-2, 3.57 ERA in the regular season) as it looks for the clincher in Game 3. Needing a win to force a Game 4, New York counters with veteran lefty Carlos Rodón, who was tied for second in AL with 18 of them during the regular season.
Where to watch Yankees vs Blue Jays Game 3
Game 3 of the American League Division Series is being televised on FS1. Joe Davis will handle play-by-play duties with John Smoltz as analyst and Ken Rosenthal reporting from the field.
TV: Fox Sports 1
Streaming: Fox Sports app, Fubo (free trial)
What time is Yankees vs Blue Jays game today?
Tuesday’s game is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. ET in New York
Blue Jays lineup today
George Springer (R) DH
Davis Schneider (R) LF
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1B
Alejandro Kirk (R) C
Daulton Varsho (L) CF
Ernie Clement (R) 3B
Anthony Santander (S) RF
Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) 2B
Andrés Giménez (L) SS
Yankees lineup today
Trent Grisham (L) CF
Aaron Judge (R) RF
Cody Bellinger (L) LF
Ben Rice (L) 1B
Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (L) 2B
Ryan McMahon (L) 3B
Anthony Volpe (R) SS
Austin Wells (L) C
John Schneider’s message for pundits who thought Yankees would cruise
“Don’t have one. I think we’re just focused on playing our game really. I think that we’re confident when we’re playing our game. It was a good weekend at home, we’re treating this as if it’s a 0-0 series. You can’t take your foot off the gas.
‘I think we do a really good job of kind of worrying about what is important to us, and that’s kind of how we’ve done it all year. That’s kind of how we’ve gotten here. It’s a tight knit group. I think that they’re just going to continue to worry about them.”
Aaron Boone on Yankees’ mindset for Game 3
‘The good thing here down the stretch is we’ve really latched onto this win today. Win today. We almost scratched our way back to win a division, and it was kind of that mindset and that mantra, the final month, six weeks is what happened yesterday. We talk about it in our advance and hitters meeting and things like that or things that come up.
‘But it’s like that’s over with. We won another series, whatever, we didn’t. It’s like let’s go win today. That’s as simple as our focus is, and that’s as small as I want us to keep it regardless of what happened. These guys have done a really good job with that, and whatever happens tonight, I expect they’ll go out and do the same.’
Blue Jays’ good luck charm?
In the past two weeks, the Blue Jays have worn the same hats as the 1992 team, the year of the franchise’s first World Series, five times.
They haven’t lost yet, including the first two games of the ALDS, where they routed the New York Yankees in both games.
They will be sporting that retro cap look tonight as they look to advance to the ALCS with a Game 3 victory over their division rivals.
Yankees vs Blue Jays schedule for ALDS
Blue Jays lead series 2-0
Game 1: Saturday, Oct. 4 – Blue Jays 10, Yankees 1
Game 2: Sunday, Oct. 5 – Blue Jays 13, Yankees 7
Game 3: Tuesday, Oct. 7 – Blue Jays at Yankees, 8:08 p.m. ET
Game 4: Wednesday, Oct. 8 (if necessary) – Blue Jays at Yankees, Time TBA
Game 5: Friday, Oct. 10 (if necessary) – Yankees at Blue Jays, Time TBA
