Tuesday, May 3, 2022

New York Yankees hold on for tenth straight in Toronto

 The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.  The game took place at

Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 3-2.  Jordan Montgomery started and pitched 

well and the bullpen was good.  Gleyber Torres led the offense with three RBI.


Montgomery pitched five innings giving up six hits and two runs with five strikeouts.  Jonathan

Loaisiga pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one, Miguel Castro pitched 2/3 of an inning 

giving up a hit and a walk and Clay Holmes pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out

one and picked up his second win of the season.  Chad Green earned his first save of the season pitching 

a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  


Ross Stripling started for the Blue Jays and he pitched four innings giving up five hits and two runs.

He struck out three, David Phelps pitched 1 2/3 perfect innings, Trevor Richards pitched 1 1/3 innings 

striking out one and Adam Cimber pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Yimi Garcia pitched 

an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Garcia took his second loss of the season.


DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Aaron Judge had a hit and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit.  Josh Donaldson had 

a hit, Torres had two hits and three RBI and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit.  Kiner-Falefa hit a double 

Torres hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men

on base.  Judge, LeMahieu and Locastro each had a stolen base.  


George Springer had two hits, Bo Bichette had two hits and an RBI and Vlad Guerrero had a hit and

drew a walk.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr.  had a hit, Matt Chapman had a hit and an RBI and Alejandro Kirk

had a hit and drew a walk.  Tyler Heineman had a hit, Bichette and Heineman each hit a double and

the Blue Jays were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Guerrero committed an

error.  


In the fourth Torres hit a two-run homer giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth

Bichette hit an RBI double and Chapman hit an RBI single tying the game at two.  In the ninth Torres

hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead and that would be the final score.  


The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night.  The Yankees have won ten straight games.

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