The Toronto Blue Jays have firm control of the AL East Division while the New York Yankees are dealing with what could be a critical injury.

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J.T. Realmuto followed the Yankees' ninth error in four games with a tiebreaking, three-run drive in a four-run seventh inning, lifting the Phillies over New York 12-5 on Friday night.

“Just not good enough,” said manager Aaron Boone, who along with pitching coach Matt Blake was ejected in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes. “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.”

It’s not just about wish lists anymore. This is about staying afloat. The Yankees’ bullpen has been battered lately, the rotation is hanging on with duct tape, and Toronto is expanding it’s lead in the American League East.

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.

After another night of atrocious baseball, the Bombers fell, 8-4. The loss featured four errors from the Yankees. It also put Aaron Boone’s 56-46 ballclub four games behind the Blue Jays, who haven’t relinquished their lead on the American League East since sweeping the Yanks over four games at Rogers Centre earlier this month.

Blue Jays’ John Schneider Gets Honest About Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Before Yankees Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. If the Toronto Blue Jays continue their current form, they could make a deep playoff run for the first time since 2016. However, they need their biggest star to play like one to be a championship contender.

With the Yankees in danger of their defense costing them another game, and falling further behind the Blue Jays in the AL East, Ben Rice saved the day.

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,