The New York Yankees defeated the
Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. The
game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was
16-5. Marcus Stroman started for the
Yankees and he pitched well but didn’t pitch deep into the game. The bullpen pitched well and the offense was
led by Aaron Judge and Jahmi Jones who each had three hits.
Stroman pitched 4 1/3 innings
giving up five hits and three runs with three walks and three strikeouts. Michael Tonkin earned his third win of the
season pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Luke
Weaver pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and
Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. Tim Hill pitched an inning giving up a
hit.
Yusei Kikuchi started for the Blue
Jays and he pitched five innings giving up four hits and four runs with a walk
and seven strikeouts. Kikuchi took his
eight loss of the season. Nate Pearson
pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a walk, Genesis
Cabrera pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Trevor Richards pitched
an inning giving up three hits and two unearned runs. Tim Mayza pitched giving up five hits and
five runs without recording an out and Bowden Francis pitched an inning giving
up three hits and two runs.
Anthony Volpe had two hits, Juan
Soto had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Judge had three hits and two
RBI. J.D. Davis had a hit and an RBI,
Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and an RBI and Gleyber Torres had two hits and three
RBI. Alex Verdugo had two hits and two
RBI, DJ LeMahieu had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Jose Trevino had a hit
and an RBI. Jones had three hits and an
RBI, Davis, Verdugo, LeMahieu, Cabrera and Trevino each hit a double. Soto and Torres each hit a homerun and the
Yankees were 9-12 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.
Bo Bichette had a hit and drew a
walk, Spencer Horwitz had a hit and Vlad Guerrero Jr. had two hits and two
RBI. Justin Turner had two hits and drew
two walks, George Springer had a hit and two RBI and Danny Jansen had a hit. Isiah Kiner-Falefa had two hits and an RBI,
Turner hit a double and Kiner-Falefa, Guerrero Jr. each hit a homerun. The Blue Jays were 1-7 with runners in scoring
position and left eight men on base.
Kiner-Falefa committed an error and Barger had an outfield assist.
In the bottom of the first Springer
hit an RBI single giving the Jays a 1-0 lead.
In the top of the fourth Davis hit an RBI groundout to tie the score at
one. In the bottom of the fifth Guerrero
Jr. hit into a force out and a run scored giving the Jays a 2-1 lead. Springer was hit by a pitch and it was 3-1
Jays. In the top of the sixth Soto hit a
three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead. Davis hit an RBI double, Torres hit a two-run
homerun and it was 7-3 Yankees. In the
bottom of the sixth Kiner-Falefa hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to
7-4. In the bottom of the seventh
Guerrero Jr. hit a solo homerun making it a 7-5 game. In the top of the eighth Verdugo hit an RBI
double, LeMahieu hit an RBI double and it was 9-5 Yankees. In the top of the ninth Judge hit a two-run
single pushing the lead to 11-5. Cabrera
hit an RBI double, Torres hit a sac fly and Verdugo hit an RBI single extending
the lead to 14-5. Trevino hit an RBI
double and Jones hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 16-5 and that was the
final score. The two teams will play
game three of four on Saturday.
