Friday, June 8, 2018

New York Yankees shutout the Toronto Blue Jays and earn brief two-game sweep


The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 3-0 in 13 innings.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he pitched great, the bullpen also was great pitching five scoreless.  Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton each hit a homerun in the 13th to break the 0-0 tie and win the game for the Yankees. 

Gray pitched eight scoreless innings giving up two hits and he walked two and struck out eight.  Chad Green pitched two innings with a couple of strikeouts, Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and David Robertson picked up his fourth win of the season pitching an inning and striking out two.  Aroldis Chapman picked up his 15th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Sam Gaviglio pitched seven innings giving up three hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Ryan Tepera pitched two innings giving up a hit and a strikeout, Tyler Clippard pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Tim Mayza pitched to one batter and retired him.  John Axford pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts, Danny Barnes pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Biagini lost his fifth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up three hits and three runs with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had two hits, Judge had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Stanton had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  Gary Sanchez had a hit, Didi Gregorius had a hit and Miguel Andujar had a hit and drew two walks.  Gleyber Torres had a hit, Sanchez and Andujar each hit a double and Judge and Stanton each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Gregorius was caught stealing. 

Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Justin Smoak had a hit and Kendrys Morales had two hits.  Russell Martin drew a walk, Devon Travis had a hit and Smoak and Morales each hit a double.  The Blue Jays were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Travis had a stolen base. 

In the 13th inning Judge hit a two-run homerun to break a scoreless tie and Stanton followed with a solo homerun two batters later to push the score to 3-0 which was the final score.   

No comments:

Post a Comment

 

Resistance Bands is a Free Blogger Template