The New York Yankees were defeated
by the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. Luis Gil started for the Yankees, and he was
wild but gutted through five innings.
The offense was only able to produce four hits.
Gil pitched five innings giving up
three hits and three runs with seven walks and six strikeouts, he took his
first loss of the season. Ron Marinaccio
pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Dennis
Santana pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.
Chris Bassitt started for the Blue Jays,
and he pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with two walks and
five strikeouts. Bassitt won his second
game of the season. Tim Mayza pitched to
two batters and retired them both, Chad Green pitched a perfect inning with a
strikeout and Yimi Garcia picked up his second save of the season pitching a
perfect inning.
Anthony Volpe had a hit; Juan Soto
drew a walk and Gleyber Torres had a hit.
Alex Verdugo had a hit; Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and an RBI and Trent
Grisham drew a walk. The Yankees were
1-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Volpe had a stolen base and Grisham was
caught stealing. Gil had a pickoff.
George Springer drew two walks,
Vald Guerrero Jr. drew two walks and Bo Bichette had a hit. Justin Turner drew a walk, Cavan Biggio had a
hit and Alejandro Kirk had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Daulton Varsho drew a walk, Isiah Kiner-Falefa
had an RBI and drew a walk and Biggio and Kirk each hit a double. The Blue Jays were 1-10 with runners in
scoring position and left six men on base.
Bichette and Springer each had a stolen base and Bichette was picked
off.
In the top of the second Cabrera hit
an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.
In the bottom of the second Kiner-Falefa drew an RBI walk and a wild
pitch gave the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead. In
the bottom of the third Kirk hit an RBI double to push the lead to 3-1 and that
would be the final score. The two teams
will play game two of three on Tuesday night.
