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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