Thursday, March 18, 2021

New York Yankees shutout the Toronto Blue Jays

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida and the final score was 1-0.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched great.  Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton each had two hits and a walk to lead the offense. 

Montgomery earned his third win of the spring pitching five innings and giving up a walk and four strikeouts.  Jhoulys Chacin pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk with three strikeouts and Lucas Luetge pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out two.  Luetge earned his first save of the spring. 

Thomas Hatch pitched two innings giving up two hits and two walks with three strikeouts.  Ty Tice pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out one, Tommy Milone pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up a hit and an unearned run with two walks and two strikeouts and he took his first loss of the spring.  Francisco Liriano pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits, A.J. Cole pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Anthony Castro pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

DJ LeMahieu drew a walk, Judge had two hits and drew a walk and Stanton had two hits and drew a walk.  Gleyber Torres had an RBI, Chris Gittens drew a walk and Clint Frazier drew two walks.  Derek Dietrich had a hit and the Yankees were 0-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  LeMahieu had a stolen base and committed an error, Gittens had a stolen base and Brito had an outfield assist.  McDowell had a pickoff and Sanchez had a passed ball. 

Otto Lopez had a hit, Bo Bichette had a hit and Richard Urena had a hit.  Teoscar Hernandez drew a walk, Austin Martin drew a walk and Gabriel Moreno had a hit.  The Blue Jays were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Biggio had a stolen base and Lopez was caught stealing and picked off.  Biggio committed an error. 

In the fifth Torres hit an RBI groundout giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees will be off on Thursday.  They have won eight games in a row. 

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