New York Yankees are defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays in a slug fest

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-5.  Sonny Gray started and he didn’t pitch well.  The bullpen wasn’t great either.  Aaron Hicks and Tyler Austin each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Gray pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up five hits and five runs with four walks.  Domingo German lost his first game of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with four walks and three strikeouts, Adam Warren pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Chasen Shreve pitched 1 1/3 innings with a strikeout. 

Marco Estrada won his second game of the season pitching five innings giving up seven hits and five runs.  He walked one and struck out four.  Seung Hwan Oh pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Danny Barnes pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Ryan Tepera pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Roberto Osuna pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and saved his sixth game of the season. 

Aaron Judge had a hit, Didi Gregorius had a hit and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and two RBI.  Hicks had two hits and drew a walk, Austin had two hits and two RBI and Miguel Andujar had a hit and an RBI.  Ronald Torreyes had three hits including a double, Austin, Stanton and Andujar each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Sanchez had a passed ball. 

Curtis Granderson drew three walks, Teoscar Hernandez had a hit, three RBI and drew two walks and Justin Smoak had a hit.  Yangervis Solarte had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Russell Martin had a hit and drew a walk and Kendrys Morales had two hits and an RBI.  Kevin Pillar had a hit and drew a walk, Aledmys Diaz drew a walk and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had two hits and three RBI.  Martin and Morales each hit a double.  Hernandez and Solarte each hit a homerun and the Blue Jays were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

In the second Austin hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  IN the third Hernandez hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at two.  In the third Stanton hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead.  In the fourth Morales hit an RBI double and Gurriel Jr. hit a two-run single to give the Blue Jays a 5-4 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Andujar hit a solo homerun to tie the game at five.  In the fifth Gurriel Jr. hit an RBI single, Hernandez drew an RBI walk and it was 7-5 Jays.  In the sixth Solarte hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 8-5 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams have split the first two games and will play game three of four on Saturday afternoon.