New York Yankees defeat the Toronto Blue Jays and cllinch postseason berth

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 5-1.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he pitched well and the bullpen was good.  Greg Bird and Todd Frazier each hit a homerun. 

Gray won his 10^th game of the season pitching six innings and giving up four hits and a run with three walks and four strikeouts.  Chad Green pitched an inning with two strikeouts, David Robertson pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning. 

Joe Biagini pitched five innings giving up three hits and three runs with four walks and three strikeouts.  Biagini lost his 12^th game of the season.  Danny Barnes pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Aaron Loup pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Tim Mayza pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Luis Santos pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Aaron Judge had a hit, Gary Sanchez had a hit and drew a walk and Chase Headley had a hit and drew two walks.  Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Starlin Castro had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Bird had a hit and three RBI.  T. Frazier had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Judge and Sanchez each hit a double and Bird and T. Frazier each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Headley had a stolen base and Ellsbury was caught stealing. 

Teoscar Hernandez had a hit and an RBI, Josh Donaldson drew a walk and Justin Smoak had two hits and drew a walk.  Kendrys Morales drew a walk, Raffy Lopez had a hit and Hernandez hit a homerun.  The Blue Jays were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

In the third Hernandez hit a solo homerun giving the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Bird hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  In the eighth T. Frazier hit a solo homerun to push the Yankees lead to 4-1.  In the ninth Castro hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 5-1 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees clinched a postseason berth and will complete their three-game series on Sunday afternoon.  They will also complete the road portion of their 2017 regular season.