The New York Yankees lose second straight to the Toronto Blue Jays

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 5-4.  Shane Greene started and was ok, the bullpen wasn't great.  The Yankees offense had seven hits but no one had more than one. 

Greene pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and three runs.  He walked two and struck out two.  David Huff pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits, Dellin Betances pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up an unearned run, two walks and he struck out one and Adam Warren struck out the only batter that he faced.  David Robertson lost his third game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run.  He walked none and struck out none. 

J.A. Happ pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Brett Cecil pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Aaron Sanchez pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run.  Sanchez won his first game of the season, Casey Janssen pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and earned his 16th save of the season. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Derek Jeter had a hit and Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk.  Carlos Beltran had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Brian McCann had a hit and an RBI and Chase Headley had a hit and an RBI.  Francisco Cervelli had a hit and an RBI, Zelous Wheeler had a hit and Headley and Cervelli each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Betances committed an error, Wheeler had an outfield assist. 

Jose Reyes had two hits, Melky Cabrera had two hits and Jose Bautista had an RBI and drew a walk.  Dioner Navarro had a hit and an RBI, Dan Johnson had a hit and drew a walk and Colby Rasmus had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  Munenori Kawasaki had two hits and an RBI, Juan Francisco had a hit and an RBI and Anthony Gose had a hit.  Tolleson had a hit, Cabrera and Rasmus each hit a double.  Francisco hit a homerun and the Blue Jays were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Gose and Bautista each had a stolen base. 

In the first Bautista had an RBI groundout to give the Jays a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Francisco hit a solo homerun to give the Jays a 2-0 lead.  The Yankees came back in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game on back-to-back homeruns.  Headley and Cervelli hit the homeruns.  Rasmus hit an RBI double in the sixth to give the Jays back the lead at 3-2.  McCann hit an RBI single in the sixth to even the score at three.  Kawasaki hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to give the Jays a 4-3 lead.  Beltran hit an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game at four.  In the ninth Navarro hit an RBI single to give the Jays a 5-4 lead which would be the final score.  The Blue Jays after losing 17 straight at Yankee Stadium took the final two games of the series.  The Yankees finished their homestand 7-3 and will head to Texas to begin a three game series on Monday night.