The New York Yankees defeated the
Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon.
The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the
final score was 11-6. Luis Severino
started for the Yankees and he pitched well.
Miguel Andujar led the offense with three hits and three RBI. Giancarlo Stanton and Gleyber Torres each had
two hits.
Severino earned his 16th
win of the season pitching five innings and giving up six hits and two
runs. He walked two and struck out
eight. Tommy Khanle pitched 2/3 of an
inning giving up two hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked one and struck out one, Jonathan
Holder pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Zach Britton pitched one
inning giving up a hit. Dellin Betances
pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts and A.J. Cole pitched an
inning giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts.
Sean Reid-Foley pitched 4 1/3
innings giving up seven hits and eight runs with six of them being earned. He walked three and struck out six. Jake Petricka pitched 1 2/3 innings with two
strikeouts, Jaime Garcia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Luis
Santos pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a
strikeout. Ryan Tepera pitched 2/3 of an
inning with a walk.
Brett Gardner drew a walk, Stanton
had two hits and an RBI and Aaron Hicks had an RBI and drew two walks. Didi Gregorius had a hit and three RBI, Andujar
had three hits and three RBI and Torres had two hits. Greg Bird had a hit and two RBI, Neil Walker
had a hit and drew a walk and Austin Romine had an RBI. Kyle Higashioka had a hit, Andujar hit a
double and Gregorius, Stanton, Andujar and Bird each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring
position and left six men on base.
Gardner had a stolen base and committed an error and Walker also
committed an error. Walker had an outfield
assist and Severino had a pickoff.
Billy McKinney had two hits, two
RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had two hits and drew a walk and Kendrys
Morales had a hit. Justin Smoak had two
hits and an RBI, Kevin Pillar had a hit and an RBI, Teoscar Hernandez had a hit
and drew a walk, Danny Jansen had two hits and an RBI and Aledmys Diaz had a
hit. Richard Urena had a hit and drew a
walk, Jansen, Granderson and Pillar each hit a double and the Blue Jays were
4-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. McKinney was picked off and Jansen and Travis
each committed an error.
In the first Gregorius hit a
two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.
In the second Romine hit a sac fly to push the lead to 3-0. In the third Andujar hit a two-run double to
push the Yankees lead to 5-0. Bird hit
an RBI ground out and it was 6-0. In the
fourth Stanton hit a solo homerun and in the fifth Andujar hit a solo homerun
to make it 8-0. In the sixth Smoak hit
an RBI single and Jansen hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 8-2. McKinney hit an RBI single and three runs
scored after an error by Walker to cut the lead to 8-5. In the bottom of the eighth Bird hit a solo
homerun, Hicks drew an RBI walk and Gregorius hit a sac fly to extend the lead
to 11-5. In the ninth Pillar hit an RBI
double to cut the lead to 11-6 and that would be the final score.
The Yankees will go for the sweep
on Sunday afternoon.
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