New York Yankees even up the series with the Toronto Blue Jays

 The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place

at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Corey Kluber started for the 

Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen pitched well and DJ LeMahieu, piJudge and Gio Urshela 

each had two hits to lead the offense.  

Kluber pitched 4 innings giving up five hits and two runs with only one being earned.  He walked three

and struck out five.  Jonathan Loaisiga was dominant pitching two perfect innings and striking out 

three and he picked up his first win of the season.  Lucas Luetge made his first major league appearance

since 2015 and pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Darren O'Day pitched

2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and Chad Green picked up his first save of the season pitching

1 1/3 innings giving up no hits or runs and striking out two.  

Ross Stripling started for the Blue Jays and he pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and three

runs with two walks and five strikeouts and he lost his first game of the season.  Tyler Chatwood

pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one, Ryan Borucki pitched an inning

giving up a hit and Rafael Dolis pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two runs and three walks with a 

strikeout and Tim Mayza pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Joel Payamps pitched

1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out one.  

LeMahieu had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Judge had two hits and Aaron Hicks had a hit, an 

RBI and drew a walk.  Giancarlo Stanton drew two walks, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and

Jay Bruce had a hit and two RBI.  Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI, Urshela had two hits and Clint

Frazier had a hit and drew a walk.  Frazier hit a double and Sanchez hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 

4-10 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Sanchez committed an error.  

Marcus Semien had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Cavan Biggio had a hit and Bo Bichette had a

hit.  Teoscar Hernandez had a hit, Vlad Guerrero Jr. had a hit and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had a hit.  Randall

Grichuk had a hit and drew a walk, Danny Jansen drew a walk and Semien hit a homerun.  The Blue 

Jays were 1-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Semien had two stolen

bases and Bichette committed an error.  

In the second LeMahieu hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Biggio struck out

and a run scored when Sanchez threw the ball into center field tying the game at one.  In the fourth 

Sanchez hit a solo homerun, Hicks hit an RBI single and the lead was 3-1.  In the fifth Semien hit a solo

homerun to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the sixth Bruce hit a two-run single pushing the Yankees lead to 5-2.

In the seventh Semien hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 5-3.  The final score was 5-3.  

The two teams have split the first two games of the series and will play the rubber game on Sunday 

afternoon.  Domingo German will be on the mound for the Yankees.