Yankees lineup does it all in win over Blue Jays to take series

The Yankees are unlikely to see Giancarlo Stanton again this season.There is still no publicly known timetable regarding Aaron Judge.

For too long, the club’s offense has felt as if it is waiting for those game-changing, fence-clearing bats to rejoin and recharge the lineup.Not Sunday, though, when the Yankees flexed their athleticism and speed, appeared to often make a concerted effort to take the right swing rather than the big swing, and later added to their lead with a few of those big swings.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.

Using small ball, big ball, 11 hits and a few productive outs, the Yankees put together a relative offensive explosion in an 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays that clinched the series in front of 41,802 in The Bronx.Having won six of seven, the Yankees (74-56) remained three games behind the Rays in the division before welcoming the Astros for three games.Carlos Rodón (four innings, two runs) was solid enough, and Paul Blackburn, Ryan Yarbrough and Brent Headrick (combined five innings of one-run ball on three hits) were typically excellent behind him.But the Yankees’ pitching staff seems to excel every game, which means their offense merely needs to be competent to win games.They exceeded that bar in the series finale through a variety of different means, such as:— Scoring two runs in the second with terrific and youthful legs and some small ball.George Lombard Jr.

shot a single through the right side before Spencer Jones — who is now a platoon right fielder, with Cody Bellinger activated — stroked a double to the gap in right-center, two fresh legs rounding the bases and Lombard sliding in safely for the first run.With no outs, Jazz Chisholm Jr.got behind 1-2 and then cut down on his swing and pulled a ground ball to the right side, advancing Jones to third.

Austin Wells’ double then scored the second run.— After Tor...