New York Yankees pound the Toronto Blue Jays

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 13-3.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and he didn’t have his best stuff but grinded out for a good outing.  DJ LeMahieu had four hits and Brett Gardner had three hits and five RBI to lead the offense. 

Paxton won his 14^th game of the season pitching five innings and giving up three hits and a run with two walks and three strikeouts.  Cory Gearrin pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one, Jonathan Loaisiga pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Ryan Dull pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts. 

Jacob Waguespack pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs with two walks and four strikeouts and he lost his fifth game of the season.  Brock Stewart pitched two innings giving up five hits and six runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Jason Adam pitched 1/3 of an inning and gave up a walk and Elvis Luciano pitched an inning giving up two hits.  Jordan Romano pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a  hit and Justin Shafer pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs. 

LeMahieu had four hits, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Clint Frazier had a hit.  Gleyber Torres had a hit and two RBI, Tyler Wade had an RBI and Luke Voit had two hits, two RBI and drew two walks.  Mike Ford had a hit and two RBI, Gio Urshela had two hits and Gardner had three hits and five RBI.  Cameron Maybin had a hit and drew a walk, Kyle Higashioka had a hit and Thairo Estrada had two hits and an RBI.  Gardner, Voit, Higashioka and Frazier each hit a double.  Gardner hit two homeruns and Torres, Voit and Ford each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 5-16 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Judge was caught stealing and Torres committed an error. 

Bo Bichette had an RBI and drew a walk, Richard Urena had a hit and two RBI and Randal Grichuk had a hit.  Anthony Alford had a hit, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had two hits and Vlad Guerrero Jr. had a hit.  Teoscar Hernandez had a hit, Brandon Drury had two hits and Danny Jansen drew a walk.  Jonathan Davis drew a walk, Gurriel Jr. and Urena each hit a double.  The Blue Jays were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Guerrero Jr. committed an error and Alford had an outfield assist. 

In the second Gardner hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Voit hit an RBI double to push their lead to 2-0.  In the fourth Gardner hit a solo homerun making it 3-0 Yankees.  In the fifth Gardner hit a three-run homerun and the lead was extended to 6-0.  In the bottom of the fifth Bichette hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 6-1.  In the sixth Torres hit a two-run homerun followed immediately by a Voit solo homerun pushing the lead to 9-1.  In the ninth Estrada hit an RBI single, Wade hit an RBI ground out and Ford hit a two-run homerun to make it 13-1.  In the bottom of the ninth Urena hit a two-run double to make it 13-3. 

The two teams will play the third and final game on Sunday afternoon.  It will also be the rubber game as each team has won a game so far.