Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. HOUSTON Since the last time they saw them a month and a half ago and even a few weeks before that the Yankees have been looking up at the Blue Jays. Beginning Friday, they will get their last chance in the regular season to see the team they are chasing in the division acro s the field for three more games while trying to erase what they trimmed to a 3-game deficit with . The way I look at it, for me, every games the biggest game of my life in terms of were making a playoff push and we got to win games, put the team in a spot to win, Cam Schlittler said Thursday before flying back to New York ahead of the team to get a good nights rest ahead of his start on Friday. We played them before, and it didnt really go our way, but Im confident were going to turn it around when we get back. Cam Schlittler throws a pitch during the Yankees Aug. 30 game against the White Sox. Imagn Images Friday marks the Blue Jays 64th straight day atop the AL East since swiping first place from the Yankees during a four-game sweep against them at the start of July. The Yankees then lost two of three in Toronto later in Andrew Bogut Jersey July Schlittler started the only game the Yankees won in that series, to sing five innings of two-run ball and enter this series 3-7 against the Blue Jays this season (meaning Toronto has the tiebreaker regardle s of what happens this weekend). Explore More The Blue Jays style of putting the ball in play and using their speed to their advantage has been a bad recipe for the Yankees, who have played some of their worst baseball all season against their division foe. They entered Thursday having committed 77 errors this season in 139 games, 12 of which have come in 10 games against the Blue Jays 11 of them during the seven games at Rogers Centre. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette embrace during the Blue Jays July 23 game against the Yankees. AP CHECK OUT THE AND Theyre going to be aggre sive, Schlittler said. I think Im a better pitcher since the last time I faced them. They can put the ball in play and we have a great defense behind me, but Ive been working on things as well. I dont think they saw many pitches below the belt. Im confident Ill be able to go out there and get the results Im looking for and continue to be succe sful like I have over the last month or so. Giancarlo Stanton started his third straight game in left field Thursday, marking the first time he played the field three straight days since Aug. 11-13, which resulted in him needing the following series off because of lower-body sorene s. Manager Aaron Boone claimed that Stanton, who went 0-for-3 with a strikeout and a walk, would not nece sarily be out of the lineup for Fridays game against the Blue Jays, though it would be a bit of a surprise if he were not, especially given the teams overnight travel and early arrival into New York on Friday. Meanwhile, Aaron Judge continued his throwing progre sion before Thursdays game, making five throws from right field to home plate three to a cutoff man plus a pair of two-hoppers to the catcher. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Austin Slater (hamstring strain) played in a fifth rehab game on Thursday his third straight day in the lineup at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, this one at DH to get a few more at-bats before he is likely activated on Friday. The Yankees cleared a spot for his return by optioning J.C. Escarra to Triple-A on Thursday night. Dwayne Sutton Jersey