Trey Yesavage's playoff debut was one for the ages as he dominates Yankees in Game 2

Where do you even begin to unfolded what took place in Game 2 of the American League Division Series? If you thought Game 1 was thrilling for the Toronto Blue Jays, then nothing could've prepared you for what Sunday's battle against the New York Yankees brought.

In just his fourth start in the big leagues, Trey Yesavage was on the mound for Game 2. Placing a young rookie on a big stage would be cause for concern? Absolutely not. Yesavage told the baseball world he's here, and proved he really is "built for this."

From starting in Single-A Dunedin in April, to finishing with a statline of a franchise-record 11 strikeouts and no hits in 5.1 innings. Despite being pulled under 80 pitches, Yesavage left his mark in Blue Jays history.

The splitter would end up being his best friend

Yesavage made Blue Jays history, throwing the most strikeouts ever by a starting pitcher in the postseason with 11. In the 18 batters he faced, eight of them saw first-pitch strikes, which helped set the tone for the splitter to be an effective weapon.

The young kid threw 29 splitters, with eight of those resulting in called strikes, and 11 of them making Yankees batters swing at it. Eventually, Yesavage racked up eight of his 11 strikeouts on the splitter. Once Yesavage had a favorable pitchers' count, especially with two strikes, it was go time for his specialty.

For deeper analytics, the splitter had a Whiff percentage of 68.8%, a chase percentage of 64.3%, and ultimately found the strikezone 51.7% of the time.

Calm and collected, Yesavage would have back-to-back innings striking out the side and would ultimately leave with a standing ovation and a curtain call from those in attendance. Even more impressive, he left the game with a no-hitter. While that decision left a few fans questioning the decision from manager John Schneider, it's clear the hook was to help keep him available should the series go deeper than three games.

George Springer praised Yesvage's performance in a postgame interview. "[Yesavage] was electric. [Yesavage] was unbelievable. His first playoff start in this environment? Unbelievable." Schneider also shared his excitement for Yesavage in his postgame scrum.

"Tough to put into words. Kid started in A-Ball this year and just did that against that lineup," said Schneider. "I know I was getting booed when I went out there, but he wasn't going to go 120, 130 pitches. I just wanted to kind of let him get recognized for a job well done. "

Every postseason, there's always that one performance that'll stand the test of time, no matter what the result is. Moments like Jose Bautista's bat flip in Game Five of the ALDS, or Marco Estrada's pitching masterpiece to save the Blue Jays in Game Five of the ALCS against the Kansas City Royals. In a game that had the Blue Jays' first franchise grand slam in the postseason, it'll feel like a footnote.

The night belonged to Trey Yesavage, and it'll stay that way for years to come.