New York Yankees drop second straight north of the border

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 7-4.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he pitched well but not deep into the game.  The bullpen did not do their job as they blew the lead and Brandon Drury led the offense with a couple of hits and RBI. 

Gray pitched four innings giving up seven hits and a run with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Chad Green pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out four, Tommy Khanle pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and David Robertson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and four runs with a walk and he took the loss his first of the season. 

Marcus Stroman pitched five innings giving up three hits and four runs with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Danny Barnes pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, John Axford pitched an inning with two walks and a strikeout and Tyler Clippard won his first game pitching an inning and giving up a walk and he struck out one.  Seung Hwan Oh pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and saved his first game of the season. 

Aaron Judge had a hit and drew two walks, Giancarlo Stanton drew three walks and Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI.  Neil Walker had a hit and an RBI, Drury had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Gregorius hit a double.  Drury hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Judge had an outfield assist. 

Devon Travis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Josh Donaldson had a hit and drew two walks and Justin Smoak had three hits, six RBI and drew a walk.  Yangervis Solarte had a hit, Russell Martin had a hit and drew a walk and Kevin Pillar had three hits.  Gift Ngoepe had a hit, Aledmys Diaz had a hit which was a double and Smoak hit two homeruns.  The Jays were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Solarte committed an error. 

In the second Travis hit an RBI single to give the Jays a 1-0 lead.  In the third Gregorius hit an RBI double to tie the game at one.  Walker hit an RBI single and the Yankees took a 2-1 lead.  Drury hit a two-run homerun and it was 4-1 Yankees.  In the seventh Smoak hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 4-3.  In the eighth Smoak hit a grand-slam to give the Jays a 7-4 lead and that was the final score of the game. 

The Yankees will now head home for their home opener on Monday and a brief two game series with the Tampa Bay Rays.