Bichette homers and Yankees make 4 errors in 8-4 loss to Blue Jays

TORONTO (AP) — 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 on Wednesday night.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in two runs and scored twice as the AL East leaders won for the 18th time in 23 games.

Aaron Judge hit his 37th homer, a two-run drive off Bassitt (11-4), and Jasson Domínguez added a solo shot but the Yankees lost for the seventh time in 10 meetings with Toronto.

Left-hander Max Fried (11-4) and first baseman Ben Rice both made errors that led to Blue Jays runs.

Right fielder Cody Bellinger didn’t get charged with an error when he lost a sixth-inning fly in the twilight, leading to Ernie Clement's triple. The play proved costly when Clement scored the tiebreaking run on Myles Straw’s double.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone and pitching coach Matt Blake were ejected for arguing balls and strikes in the top of the seventh.

Fried matched a season worst by allowing six runs, four earned, and six hits in 5 1/3 innings, exiting after Straw’s double. He walked three and struck out three.

It was Fried’s first start since he left a July 12 game against the Cubs after three innings because of a blister.

Bichette homered off Scott Effross in the seventh.

Bassitt permitted four runs, three earned, and three hits to win his fourth straight decision.

Two runs scored on Guerrero’s bouncer to Fried in the fifth. Davis Schneider slid home on Fried’s errant throw and no one covered the plate as George Springer scored from second.

In two starts against Toronto this month, Fried has allowed 10 runs in 11 1/3 innings.

Yankees: RHP Will Warren (6-5, 4.91 ERA) is expected to start against Philadelphia RHP Taijuan Walker (3-5, 3.75) on Friday night.

Blue Jays: LHP Eric Lauer (5-2, 2.80 ERA) faces Tigers RHP Reese Olson (4-3, 2.71) in Detroit on Thursday night.

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New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe (11) and Oswald Peraza, right, celebrate Volpe's solo home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Chris Bassitt (40) throws to New York Yankees' Jasson Dominguez (24) in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge (99) hits a two-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays' Davis Schneider, right, scores a run ahead of a tag by New York Yankees catcher J.C. Escarra in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Chris Bassitt (40) throws to a New York Yankees batter in first inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge made no immediate decision Wednesday on Minnesota's request to suspend the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the state, where federal agents have yanked people from cars and confronted angry bystanders demanding they pack up and leave.

Plumes of tear gas, the deployment of chemical irritants and the screech of protest whistles have become common on the streets of Minneapolis, especially since an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good in the head on Jan. 7 as she drove away.

“What we need most of all right now is a pause. The temperature needs to be lowered," state Assistant Attorney General Brian Carter said during the first hearing in a lawsuit filed by Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez promised to keep the case “on the front burner” and gave the U.S. Justice Department until Monday to file a response to the request for a restraining order. Local leaders say the government is violating free speech and other constitutional rights with the surge of law enforcement.

Menendez said the state and cities will have a few more days to respond.

“It is simply recognition that these are grave and important matters,” the judge said of the timetable, noting there are few legal precedents to apply to some of the key points in the case.

Justice Department attorney Andrew Warden suggested the slower approach set by Menendez was appropriate.

The judge is also handling a separate lawsuit challenging the tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal officers when encountering protesters and observers. A decision could be released this week.

The Department of Homeland Security says it has made more than 2,000 arrests in the state since early December and is vowing to not back down. The Pentagon is preparing to send military lawyers to Minneapolis to assist, CNN reported.

“What we see right now is discrimination taking place only on the basis of race: Are you Latino or are you Somali? And then it is indiscriminate thereafter,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told Fox News. “In other words, they are pulling people off the streets. They have pulled U.S. citizens off the streets and you don’t need to take my word for it at this point. This has been very well documented."

The president of Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said four tribal members were detained while at a homeless camp in Minnesota last week. Three remained in custody late Tuesday.

“Enrolled tribal members are citizens of the United States by statute and citizens of the Oglala Sioux Nation by treaty,” said tribe President Frank Star Comes Out, who demanded their release.

Associated Press reporters Ed White in Detroit and Graham Lee Brewer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, contributed.

Federal officers stand guard after detaining people outside of Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

People visits a makeshift memorial for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A person is detained by federal agents near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)