Sunday, April 21, 2024

New York Yankees have a great ninth inning comeback to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays

 The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place

At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 6-4.  Marcus Stroman started for the Yankees

And he pitched well, the bullpen pitched well for the final 2 2/3 innings and Juan Soto led the offense with

Three hits.  

Stroman pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  

Caleb Ferguson pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout, Ian

Hamilton pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and Victor Gonzalez earned

His first win of the season pitching to one batter and getting him out.  Clay Holmes earned his seventh 

Save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit.  

Kevin Gausman pitched five innings giving up four hits and a run with three walks and six strikeouts.  

Trevor Richards pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Genesis Cabrera pitched two innings giving up

Two hits and a run with three strikeouts and Erik Swanson pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits

And three runs.  Tim Mayza pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a 

Strikeout.  

Soto had three hits, two RBI and drew two walks, Aaron Judge had a hit and two RBI and Anthony Rizzo

Had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and Alex 

Verdugo had a hit.  Oswaldo Cabrera had two hits, Austin Wells drew a walk and Jose Trevino had a hit 

And an RBI.  Cabrera, Soto and Verdugo each hit a double.  Soto and Stanton each hit a homerun.  

The Yankees were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Wells had a stolen 

Base and Soto had an outfield assist.  

George Springer had a hit, Vlad Guerrero Jr. Had a hit and drew a walk and Bo Bichette had a hit, an RBI

And drew a walk.  Davis Schneider had a hit, Daulton Varsho had two hits and three RBI and 

Alejandro Kirk drew a walk.  Kevin Kiermaier had three hits and drew a walk, Bichette hit a double and 

Varsho hit two homeruns.  The Jays were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

In the bottom of the second Varsho hit a two-run homerun giving the Jays a 2-0 lead.  In the top of the 

Fifth Soto hit an RBI double cutting the lead to 2-1.  In the bottom of the seventh Varsho hit a solo

Homerun pushing the lead to 3-1, Bichette hit a sac fly and it was 4-1.  

In the eighth Soto hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-2 and in the ninth Stanton hit a solo homerun

Making it 4-3, Trevino hit an RBI single tying the game at four and Judge hit a two-run single giving

The Yankees a 6-4 lead which would be the final score.  

The Yankees will head home to start a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.  


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