New York Yankees walk-off the Toronto Blue Jays

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and battled.  The offense was led by Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton who each had two hits and three RBI. 

Severino pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Miguel Castro pitched 1 1/3 innings with four strikeouts, Jonathan Loaisiga pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and Chad Green pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.  Wandy Peralta won his first game of the season pitching an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Yusei Kikuchi started for the Blue Jays and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Yimi Garcia gave up a hit and a run, David Phelps pitched 2/3 of an inning and Adam Cimber pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one.  Tim Mayza pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk, Trevor Richards pitched 1/3 of an inning with a strikeout and Jordan Romano pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Romano blew his second save of the season and lost his second game of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Judge had two hits and three RBI and Anthony Rizzo drew a walk.  Stanton had two hits and three RBI, Josh Donaldson drew a walk and Aaron Hicks drew two walks.  Joey Gallo drew a walk, Jose Trevino drew a walk and LeMahieu hit a double.  Stanton and Judge each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

George Springer had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Bo Bichette had ah it and drew a walk and Vlad Guerrero Jr. had a hit and drew a walk.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had a hit and an RBI, Alejandro Kirk had a hit and an RBI and Matt Chapman drew a walk.  Santiago Espinal had a hit and two RBI, Espinal hit a double and Gurriel Jr. hit a double and Springer hit a homerun.  The Jays were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Gurriel Jr. had a stolen base. 

In the first Springer hit a solo homerun giving the Jays a 1-0 lead.  In the second Espinal hit a two-run double pushing their lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the sixth Stanton hit a three-run homerun to tie the game at three.  In the eighth Gurriel Jr. hit an RBI double giving the Jays a 4-3 lead.  Kirk hit a sac fly and it was 5-3 Jays.  In the bottom of the ninth Judge hit a three-run walk-off homerun giving the Yankees a 6-5 victory.  The two teams will play game two of two on Wednesday afternoon.