New York Yankees fall to the Toronto Blue Jays

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-5.  Marcus Stroman started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well.  The bullpen was good and the offense was led by Anthony Volpe who had three hits. 

Stroman pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and seven runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Stroman lost his sixth game of the season.  Michael Tonkin pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with three strikeouts, Tim Hill pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Enyel De Los Santos pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Jake Cousins pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Kevin Gausman started for the Blue Jays and he pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and five runs with four of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out two.  Genesis Cabrera pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Bendon Little pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and won his first game of the season and Zach Pop pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Chad Green picked up his eighth save of the season pitching a perfect inning with three strikeouts. 

Juan Soto had a hit and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Austin Wells had two hits.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, Gleyber Torres had a hit and Ben Rice drew two walks.  Volpe had three hits and two RBI.  Soto, Volpe and Stanton each hit a double and Judge and Volpe each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-7 with runnners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Verdugo and Soto each had an outfield assist. 

George Springer had a hit, Joey Loperfido had two hits and Vlad Guerrero Jr. had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Spencer Horwitz had two hits and two RBI, Daulton Varsho had a hit and Ernei Clement had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk.  Davis Schneider had a hit, Leo Jimenez drew a walk and Brian Serven had two hits and two RBI.  Clement, Guerrero Jr. and Schneider each hit a double.  Loperfido hit a triple and the Blue Jays were 7-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Varsho committed an error and Loperfido had an outfield assist. 

In the top of the first Guerrero Jr. hit an RBI single and Clement hit a two-run double giving the Jays a 3-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Judge hit a two-run homerun cutting the lead to 3-2.  In the top of the third Horwitz hit an RBI single and Clement hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 5-2.  Serven hit a two-run single extending the lead to 7-2.  In the bottom of the fifth Volpe hit a two-run homerun cutting the lead to 7-4.  Wells hit an RBI single and it was a 7-5 game.  In the top of the sixth Horwitz hit an RBI single making it 8-5 Jays and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon.