Yankees rally falls short in Toronto

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.  The game took place 

At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 5-4.  Carlos Rodon started for the Yankees 

And he didn’t pitch well.  Alex Verdugo had two hits to lead the offense.  

Rodon pitched four innings giving up five hits and three runs with four walks and five strikeouts.  He took

His first loss of the season.  Luke Weaver pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with two

Strikeouts, Nick Burdi pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks with two strikeouts and Victor

Gonzalez pitched an inning with a walk.  

Yusei Kikuchi started for the Blue Jays and he pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run with a 

Walk and nine strikeouts.  Kikuchi picked up his first win of the season.  Trevor Richards pitched 

An inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout, Yimi Garcia pitched a perfect

Inning and Jordan Romano picked up his first save of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit

And a run.  

Juan Soto had a hit, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and Gleyber Torres drew two walks.  Verdugo had

Two hits, Jose Trevino had a hit and three RBI and Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and an RBI.  Cabrera

Hit a double and Verdugo hit two doubles.  The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and

Left five men on base.  Torres committed an error.  

George Springer had a hit and drew two walks, Vlad Guerrero Jr. Had two hits, two RBI and drew two 

Walks.  Bo Bichette had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Justin Turner had a hit and an RBI and 

Danny Jansen drew a walk.  Ernie Clement had two hits, Daulton Varsho had a hit and drew a walk.

Varsho hit a double and Clement hit a double.  The Jays were 3-13 with runners in scoring position

And left ten men on base.  Clement, Varsho and Kiner-Falefa each had a stolen base.  Turner was

Caught stealing.  

In the top of the second Trevino hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom

Of the third Turner hit a sac fly tying the game at one.  In the bottom of the fourth Guerrero Jr.

Hit a two-run single giving the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead.  In the bottom of the sixth a run scored on an error

And Bichette hit an RBI single pushing the Jays lead to 5-1.  In the top of the seventh Trevino hit an RBI

Groundout cutting the lead to 5-2.  Cabrera hit a sac fly making it 5-3.  In the ninth Trevino hit an RBI

Groundout cutting th lead to 5-4 but that was the final score.  

The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Wednesday afternoon.  The Yankees will

Try and avoid the sweep and end their losing streak at three games.  

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