TORONTO, June 15 -- For seven innings Kevin Gausman was the pitcher the Blue Jays signed him to be, and for seven innings it did not matter. The veteran right-hander carried a one-hit night deep into Saturday evening at Rogers Centre, and Toronto walked away from it with a 3-1 loss to the Yankees, because the swing that decided the game came two innings after he had left it.

The pitch belonged to Louis Varland, and it was the first he had thrown all season that a hitter put over a wall. Paul Goldschmidt got it in the ninth, a 400-foot drive to left field for his ninth home run of the year, and a 1-1 game that had felt like it might never break finally broke. Two runs, one swing, and a reliever who had been close to untouchable wore the r...