Saturday, May 14, 2022

New York Yankees sweep the Toronto Blue Jays

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

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Jameson Taillon started for the 

Yankees and he pitched well.  Gleyber Torres led the offense with two hits and five RBI.  

Taillon pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Michael 

King pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one, Clay Holmes pitched 1 2/3 innings with 

a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout.


Jose Berrios started for the Blue Jays and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and five runs.  He

walked one and struck out four and took his second loss of the season.  Trevor Richards pitched 2/3 of an

inning giving up a hit, Trent Thornton pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out one and 

Ryan Borucki pitched to one batter and struck him out.  


Aaron Judge had a hit, Anthony Rizzo had a hit and drew a walk and DJ LeMahieu had two hits.  Torres 

had two hits and five RBI, Joey Gallo had a hit and Marwin Gonzalez had a hit.  LeMahieu hit a double 

and Torres hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on

base.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa committed two errors.  


George Springer had an RBI and drew a walk, Bo Bichette had three hits and Vlad Guerrero Jr. had a

hit.  Teoscar Hernandez had a hit and an RBI, Alejandro Kirk had two hits and Matt Chapman had an

RBI.  Santiago Espinal had a hit, Raimel Tapia had a hit and Vinny Capra drew a walk.  Kirk, Bichette,

and Espinal each hit a double and the Blue Jays were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine 

men on base.  Hernandez had a stolen base.  


In the first Hernandez grounded into a force out giving the Jays a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth 

Torres hit a three-run homer giving the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  In the sixth Chapman hit a sac fly cutting the

lead to 3-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Torres hit a two-run single pushing the lead to 5-2 and that would 

be the final score.  The Yankees swept the brief two-game series and will now head to Chicago to take on

the White Sox for a four-game series beginning Thursday night.  



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