New York Yankees take series vs. the Blue Jays with Sunday victory

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-1.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he pitched great.  Miguel Andujar led the offense with four hits. 

Severino pitched seven innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and six strikeouts.  He picked up his fourth win of the season.  David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning walking two and struck out one. 

Jaime Garcia pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Garcia lost his first game of the season.  Seung Hwan Oh pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Danny Barnes pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run and John Axford pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Aaron Hicks had a hit, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Didi Gregorius had a hit and two RBI.  Gary Sanchez had a hit and drew a walk, Tyler Austin had a hit and drew a walk and Andujar had four hits and an RBI.  Austin Romine had a hit and two RBI, Andujar hit two doubles and Romine and Sanchez each hit a double.  Gregorius hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Hicks had a stolen base. 

Teoscar Hernandez had two hits and an RBI, Justin Smoak had a hit and drew a walk and Russell Martin drew a walk.  Kendrys Morales drew a walk, Kevin Pillar had a hit and Devon Travis drew a walk.  Smoak hit a double and Hernandez hit a homerun.  The Blue Jays were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Pillar had a stolen base and Martin committed an error. 

In the first Gregorius hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Romine hit a two-run double to push their lead to 3-0.  In the sixth Hernandez hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the sixth Andujar hit an RBI double to make it a 4-1 game and in the seventh Gregorius hit a sac fly to make it 5-1 which would be the final score. 

The Yankees took three out of four in the series and will now begin a four game series with the Minnesota Twins on Monday night at home.