New York Yankees bats are silent as they drop rubber game to the Toronto Blue Jays

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 3-1.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch great.  Michael King came out of relief and was great.  The Yankees offense only managed five hits. 

German pitched three innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  He took his first loss of the season.  King pitched six innings giving up a hit and no runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  He retired the last 16 batters that he faced. 

T.J. Zeuch pitched four innings giving up three hits and no runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Trent Thornton pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk, Ryan Borucki pitched 2/3 of an inning and picked up his first win of the season and David Phelps pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  Jordan Romano pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Julian Merryweather pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and he picked up his second save of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and Jay Bruce had a hit and drew a walk.  Clint Frazier had a hit,Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI and Frazier and Torres each hit a double.  The Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Torres and Sanchez each committed an error. 

Bo Bichette had a hit, Vlad Guerrero Jr. had a hit and an RBI and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had a hit.  Randall Grichuk had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Joe Panik had a hit and Alejandro Kirk drew a walk.  Bichette hti a double and Guerrero Jr. and Grichuk each hit a homerun.  The Blue Jays were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

In the second Guerrero Jr. hit a solo homerun and Grichuk hit a two-run homerun to give the Jays a 3-0 lead.  In the fifth Gardner hit an RBI groundout to cut the lead to 3-1.  That would be the final score. 

The Yankees lost two out of three to the Blue Jays and will begin a three-game series at home against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.  Jordan Montgomery will get the start.