Thursday's 8-5 loss to the Blue Jays elevated Toronto to first place, competed a four-game sweep, and dropped the Yankees into a second-place tie with the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East.

During the initial 2025 Subway Series in the Bronx, the Yankees took two of three games vs. the Mets, May 16-18.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Toronto Broadcaster Dunks on Michael Kay After Blue Jays Sweep Yankees.

Yankees announcer Michael Kay might be regretting stirring up the Toronto Blue Jays fans — and one of his cross-border colleagues — this week.

George Springer hit two two-run home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 8-5 on Thursday night to complete a four-game sweep and take sole possession of the AL East lead. Addison Barger had a solo homer among his three hits for Toronto.

Even though the Yankees placed Clarke Schmidt on the 15-day injured list on Friday morning, the club still didn’t have the results of the right-hander’s scheduled MRI before the start of the

New York Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt left his start Thursday night against Toronto after three innings because of tightness in his right forearm. Schmidt allowed three runs and four hits, including a home run,

New York Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt was placed on the 15-day injured list because of a right forearm soreness, one day after a start at Toronto was cut short following three innings