New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays

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 7-2.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and he pitched great.  Mike Ford led the offense with three hits and a couple of RBI. 

Paxton pitched six innings giving up three hits and one unearned run.  He walked none and struck out seven and picked up his 15^th victory of the season.  Jonathan Loaisiga pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with five strikeouts and Chad Green pitched a perfect inning striking out the side. 

T.J. Zeuch pitched four innings giving up four hits and tow runs with six strikeouts and he lost his first game of the season.  Thomas Pannone pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Brock Stewart pitched an inning giving up five hits and four runs with a strikeout and Jordan Romano pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout.  Elvis Luciano pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton had two hits and two RBI.  Cameron Maybin drew a walk, Ford had three hits and two RBI and Clint Frazier had a hit and an RBI.  Tyler Wade had two hits and drew a walk, Kyle Higashioka had a hit and two RBI and Judge, Stanton, Wade, Ford and Frazier each hit a double.  Stanton hit a homerun and the Yankees were 6-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Wade had a stolen base and Gardner was picked off.  Gregorius committed an error. 

Jonathan Davis had a hit and an RBI, Cavan Biggio had a hit and Vlad Guerrero Jr. had a hit.  Randal Grichuk had a hit, Teoscar Hernandez had a hit and an RBI and Richard Urena had a hit.  Guerrero Jr., Grichuk and Hernandez each hit a double and the Blue Jays were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Pannone had a pickoff. 

In the third Davis hit an RBI single to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Stanton hit an RBI double, Ford hit an RBI single and the Yankees grabbed a 2-1 lead.  In the sixth Stanton hit a solo homerun, Frazier hit an RBI double and Higashioka hit a two-run single to push their lead to 6-1.  In the seventh Hernandez hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 6-2.  In the bottom of the seventh Ford hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 7-2 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the rubber game on Sunday afternoon.