New York Yankees drop rubber game to the Toronto Blue Jays losing their first series of the year

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by 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.  Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees and he was better but still not great.  DJ LeMahieu led the offense with three hits. 

Schmidt pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up three hits and three unearned runs with a walk and eight strikeouts.  He took his second loss of the season, Michael King pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Ian Hamilton pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with two walks and two strikeouts. 

Kevin Gausman started for the Blue Jays and he pitched seven innings giving up three hits and no runs with no walks and eleven strikeouts.  Gausman won his second game of the season.  Erik Swanson pitched an inning with a strikeout and Adam Cimber pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run. 

Anthony Rizzo had a hit and an RBI, Gleyber Torres had a hit and LeMahieu had three hits.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit, LeMahieu hit a double and Rizzo hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Kiner-Falefa had a stolen base and Volpe committed an error. 

Vlad Guerrero Jr. had a hit and two RBI, Daulton Varsho had a hit and an RBI and Matt Chapman had two hits.  Alejandro Kirk drew a walk, Whit Merrifield had a hit and drew a walk and Danny Jansen had a hit and two RBI.  Kevin Kiermaier drew a walk, Chapman, Merrifield and Jansen each hit a double and Guerrero and Varsho each hit a homerun.  The Blue Jays were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the sixth Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homerun giving the Jays a 2-0 lead.  Varsho hit a solo homerun and it was 3-0 Jays.  In the seventh Jansen hit an RBI double extending the lead to 4-0.  In the ninth Jansen hit an RBI groundout pushing the lead to 5-0 and in the bottom of the ninth Rizzo hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 5-1 but that would be the final score. 

The Yankees lost their first series of the year dropping two out of three and will now head to Minnesota to begin a three-game series on Monday night.