{"id":44096,"date":"2025-04-26T06:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T06:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44096"},"modified":"2025-04-26T06:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T06:02:28","slug":"yankees-2-blue-jays-4-the-devin-williams-disaster-class-continues-in-lost-ninth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44096","title":{"rendered":"Yankees 2, Blue Jays 4: The Devin Williams Disaster Class continues in lost ninth"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Yankees\u2019 news closer somehow saw his ERA climb even higher as he instantly blew a 2-1 lead to Toronto.<\/p>\n

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Michael Zeno\u00a0is a writer for Pinstripe Alley. He is a college student at Penn State University and writes for Posting & Toasting and Onward State. He will forever believe in Gleyber Torres.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Yankees\u00a0were three outs away from improving to 16-10 with a 2-1 victory over the rival Blue Jays. In most situations, sending a guy with a sub-2 ERA since 2020 would be almost lights-out.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Devin Williams\u2019 first month in pinstripes has continued to evolve into a nightmare. A brutal ninth inning, which saw a single, a two-strike hit-by-pitch, and a long two-run double, blew the game, as the Yankees fell to the Blue Jays, 4-2, with boos raining down on Williams.<\/p>\n

Back in the more peaceful beginning of the ballgame, Carlos Carrasco gave up a leadoff single to Bo Bichette in the first, but rebounded to strike out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and get Anthony Santander to bounce into a 6-4-3 double play. Jos\u00e9 Berr\u00edos responded with an efficient inning of his own, mowing down the Yankees\u2019 top of the order.<\/p>\n

Neither team got a runner in scoring position until Austin Wells and Oswaldo Cabrera knocked back-to-back singles with one out in the third, putting runners on the corners. Unfortunately, the ol\u2019 \u201crun on contact\u201d play burned the Yankees again as Wells got thrown out at the plate on a slow chopper from Grisham. A Judge groundout ended the threat.<\/p>\n

Cookie tried to get himself in trouble as the lineup flipped over in the fourth with a pair of walks, but Jazz Chisholm Jr. made a spectacular diving play to get the first out to prevent a big jam:<\/p>\n

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