The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays to even series

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 11-5.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and labored, the bullpen was ok and the offense broke out especially late.  Garett Cooper had four hits to lead the attack. 

Tanaka pitched four innings giving up two hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked five and struck out two.  Chad Green won his second game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up two hits and two runs with three strikeouts, Tommy Khanle pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and David Robertson pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Dellin Betances pitched an inning with a strikeout and Adam Warren pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

Nick Tepesch pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and five runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Tepesch lost his second game of the season.  Leonel Campos pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Aaron Loup pitched an inning with a strikeout and Dominic Leone pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run.  J.P. Howell pitched to one batter and struck him out, Taylor Cole pitched an inning giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and a strikeout and Danny Barnes pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and Aaron Judge drew a walk.  Didi Gregorius had three hits and an RBI, Gary Sanchez had two hits and an RBI and Todd Frazier had three hits and three RBI.  Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and two RBI, Cooper had four hits and two RBI and Ronald Torreyes had two hits and two RBI.  Gardner, Gregorius, T. Frazier, Ellsbury and Cooper each hit a double.  Sanchez, T. Frazier and Gregorius each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 5-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Sanchez committed an error which was catchers interference. 

Jose Bautista had a hit and an RBI, Josh Donaldson had a hit, an RBI and drew three walks and Justin Smoak drew a walk.  Steve Pearce had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Kevin Pillar had a hit and Norichika Aoki had a hit and an RBI.  Ryan Goins had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Raffy Lopez drew a walk and Pillar and Goins each hit a double and Bautista hit a homerun.  The Jays were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Aoki had an outfield assist. 

In the second Sanchez hit a solo homerun and T. Frazier followed it up with a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the second Aoki hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the third Gregorius hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the third Pearce hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the fifth T. Frazier hit a two-run double to push the lead to 5-2 and Ellsbury hit an RBI double making it 6-2.  In the fifth Bautista hit a solo homerun to make it a 6-3 game.  In the sixth Goins hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 6-4 and Donaldson hit an RBI single to make it a 6-5 game.  In the eighth Torreyes hit a two-run single to extend the lead to 8-5 and in the ninth Ellsbury hit an RBI ground out and Cooper hit a two-run single making it 11-5 which would be the final score of the game. 

The two teams have split the first two games of the series and the rubber game will be on Thursday night.