New York Yankees win a wild one to cap off a three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-7.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and he pitched horrible.  The Yankees bullpen did a good job and Aaron Judge, Didi Gregorius and Gleyber Torres each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Paxton pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and six runs with four walks and three strikeouts.  David Hale pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out three and Stephen Tarpley pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Zach Britton pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run and he won his third game of the season. 

Trent Thornton pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Sam Gaviglio pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts, Joe Biagini pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run and Tim Mayza pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Daniel Hudson pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Nick Kingham pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk.  Kingham lost his second game of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Judge had three hits and two RBI and Gary Sanchez had a hit.  Luke Voit had two hits and an RBI, Edwin Encarnacion had a hit and Gregorius had three hits and an RBI.  Aaron Hicks had an RBI and drew two walks, Torres had three hits and an RBI and Brett Gardner had a hit.  Voit and Encarnacion each hit a double and Gregorius and LeMahieu each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Voit and Torres each committed an error.  Hale had a pickoff and Sanchez had a passed ball. 

Cavan Biggio had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Vlad Guerrero Jr. drew a walk and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had three hits and four RBI.  Randal Grichuk had a hit and drew a walk, Rowdy Tellez had a hit and Freddy Galvis had a hit.  Brandon Drury had a hit, Danny Jansen had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Gurriel Jr. hit a double.  Gurriel Jr. hit two homeruns and Jansen hit a homerun.  The Blue Jays were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Grichuk was picked off. 

In the first Gurriel Jr. hit a three-run homerun to give the Jays a 3-0 lead.  In the second Jansen hit a two-run homerun and it was 5-0 Jays.  In the bottom of the second Gregorius hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 5-1.  Judge hit a two-run single and it was 5-3.  In the fourth LeMahieu hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at five.  In the fifth Gurriel Jr. hit a solo homerun to give the Jays back the lead at 6-5.  In the bottom of the fifth Hicks hit a sac fly to tie the game at six.  In the sixth Voit hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 7-6 lead.  In the ninth Biggio hit an RBI single to tie the game at seven.  In the ninth Torres hit an RBI single to walk-off the Yankees with a 8-7 win.  The Yankees earned the three-game sweep and they will be off four a couple of days as they head to London, England to take on the Boston Red Sox in a two-game weekend series.