Game #102 New York Yankees (56-46) @ Toronto Blue Jays (60-42) - game recap

 

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in a pair of runs and scored a pair of runs in an 8-4 comeback win over the Yankees

After a tough loss last night due to Jeff Hoffman being taken deep in the 9th, the Blue Jays were looking to notch their 17th series win and 11th season series win of the season. Chris Bassitt got the start with Alejandro Kirk behind the plate. Davis Schneider was in LF and Myles Straw was in CF. Ernie Clement was at the hot corner and Leo Jimenez got the start at 2B. Could the Blue Jays notch their 17th series win and 11th season series win of the season? Here is tonight's game recap

Game Highlights:

• The Yankees opened the scoring in the top of the 2nd as Jesson Dominguez whacked a solo blast to right-center and into the Yankees bullpen
• The Blue Jays tied it up in the bottom of the 4th as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. doubled scoring George Springer
• Four batters later, Ernie Clement singled scoring Guerrero Jr.
• The Yankees tied it in the top of the 5th as Anthony Volpe smacked a solo blast to left-center\
• The Blue Jays retook the lead in the bottom half of the inning on a fielder's choice hit by Springer that scorred Davis Schneider and Springer. Yankees stater Max Fried was charged with a throwing error on the play
• The Yankees tied it in thew bottom half of the inning as Aaron Judge smashed a 2-run blast to the opposite field in right-center; also scoring Trent Grisham
• The Blue Jays retook the lead in the bottom half of the inning as Myles Straw doubled scoring Clement
• Two batters, Straw scored on a fielding error by Fried on a ball hit by Will Wagner
• Max Fried pitching line: 6.1IP  6H 6R (4 earned) 3BB 3K 102 pitches (60 for strikes)
• Yankees manager Aaron Boone and Yankeees pitching coachMatt Blake were both ejected in the top of the 7th for arguing balls and strikes)
• The Blue Jays added a pair of runs in the bottom of the 7th as Bo Bichette belted a 2-run jack to left-center; also scoring Guerrero Jr.
• Chris Bassitt pitching line: 7.1IP 3H 4R (3 earned) 0BB 8K 94 pitches (63 for strikes)
• Final score: Blue Jays 8 Yankees 4

My Take:

• Chris Bassitt fired 7.1 innings, giving up 4 runs (3 earned) on  3 hits while walking none and striking out 8. Bassitt got an assist by the Blue Jays video guys on a successful challenge of a safe call at 1B on the first batter of the game. He had out streaks of 5, 6, and 8 batters. I would have let Bassitt try to finish the 8th inning.
• The bullpen gave up 2 hits over the last 1.2 innings. Yariel Rodriguez retired every batter he faced
• Vlad (2 runs scored, 2RBI), Bo Bichette (2-run HR), Ernie Clement (run scored, RBI), Myles Straw (run scored, RBI) and George Springer (2 runs scored) drove the offence today
• The Blue Jays were 4-13 with runners in scoring position
• Tonight was the Blue Jays 31st comeback win. They had 50 comeback wins in 1987 (the most in franchise history in a single season). They had 40 comebacks wins in 1992 and 44 comeback wins the following year. Nobody is going to want to face the Blue Jays in the playoffs
• Up next, the Blue Jays hit the road, beginning in Detroit tomorrow night. The Tigers took the series in Toronto back in mid-May, outscoring the Blue Jays 9-8. Eric Lauer starts against Tigers righty Reese Olson

Game #102 New York Yankees (56-45) v. Toronto Blue Jays (59-42)

 

Game #101 New York Yankees (56-45) @ Toronto Blue Jays (59-42) - game recap

 

George Springer scored twice and drove in a run in a 5-4 loss to the Yankees

After another win thanks to yet another 4-run rally and 7 strong innings from Kevin Gausman, the Blue Jays were looking to extend the win streak to 5 straight (6 straight against the Yankees), the Blue Jays were looking to notch their 17th series win and 11th season series win of the season. Max Scherzer got the start with Alejandro Kirk behind the plate.  Joey Loperfido was in LF, Nathan Lukes was in CF and Addison Barger was in RF.  Will Wagner was at the hot corner and Ernie Clement got the start at 2B. Could the Blue Jays make it 5 straight wins overall (6 straight vs. the Yankees) and notch their 17th series win and 11th season series win of the season? Here is tonight's game recap. 

Game Highlights:

• The Yankees opened the scoring in the top of the 1st as Jazz Chisholm Jr hammered a 3- run bomb to right-center; also scoring Trent Grisham and Cody Bellinger 
• The Blue jays got one back in the bottom half of the inning as Addison Barger singled scoring George Springer
• The Yankees added a run in the top of the 5th as Bellinger belted a solo jack to right-center 
• The Blue jays got one back in the bottom half of the inning as Barger singled scoring Springer
• Max Scherzer pitching line: 5IP 5H 4R (all earned) 1BB 4K 90 pitches (57 for strikes)
• Cam Schlittler pitching line: 5IP 7H 2R ( both earned) 3BB 3K 90 pitches (63 for strikes)
• The Blue jays got one back in the bottom of the 6th as Davis Schneider doubled scoring Myles Straw 
• Two batters later,  Springer singled home Schneider
• The Yankees retook the lead in the top of the 9th as Ben Rice whacked a solo blast to right-center 
• Devin Williams threw a scoreless 9th for his 15th save of the season
• Final score: Yankees 5 Blue Jays 4

My Take:

• Max Scherzer battled through 5 innings, giving up 4 runs on 5 hits, while walking 1 and striking out 4. The Yankees got to him early with Jazz Chisholm hitting a no-doubter for 3 runs. It was enouraging to see Scherzer be able to throw 90 pitches with a cranky thumb that will likely affect him the remainder of the season. It is likely the Blue Jays will go to a 6-man rotation once Alek Manoah returns, although he'll be a few weeks away as he slowly builds back up to a starter's load.
• The bullpen gave up a run on a hit and a walk while striking out 2 over the last 4 innings. Closer Jeff Hoffman gave up a solo HR in the 9th for the run against. Mason Fluharty was excellent in his first appreance since being recalled yesterday after being demoted to AAA-ball July 2nd due to some bad appearances, retiring every batter he faced over 2 innings
• George Springer (2 runs scored, RBI) and Addison Barger (2 RBI drove the offense today. Sadly, the boys were unable to eke out another comeback win, pretty much falling a run short (they failed to score the go-ahead run after rallying to tie the game in the 6th inning)
• The Blue Jays were 3-13 with runners in scoring position
• Up next, the Blue Jays try to notch their 17th series win and 11th season series win of the season. Chris Bassitt starts against Yankees lefty Max Fried

Game #101 New York Yankees (55-45) v. Toronto Blue Jays (59-41)

 

Game #100 New York Yankees (55-45) @ Toronto Blue Jays (59-41) - game recap

 

Kevin Gausman threw 7 strong innings in a 4-1 comeback win over the Yankees

After another huge comeback win on the strength of a 4-run 5th inning, the Blue Jays were looking to extend the win streak to 4 games (and 5 straight against the Yankees. The Blue Jays are 5-2 against the Yankees this season, outscoring the Bronx Bombers 43-41. Lefty Mason Fluharty was recalled from AAA-ball and righy Robinson Pina was optioned to AAA-ball. Kevin Gausman got the start with Alejandro Kirk behind the plate. Joey Loperfido got the start in RF. The rest of the lineup was the same as Sunday's win. Could the Blue Jays extend the win streak to 3 games and 5 straight against the Yankees? Here is tonight's game recap.

Game Highlights

• The Yankees opened the scoring in the top of the 4th as Giancarlo Stanton belted a solo jack to left and into the Blue Jays bullpen 
• The Blue jays took the lead in the bottom of the 5th as Bo Bichette doubled scoring George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr 
• Three batters later,  Myles Straw singled scoring Bichette. Yankees 3B Oswald Peraza was charged with a throwing error on the play
• A batter later, Straw scored on a throwing error by Yankees SS Anthony Volpe on a ball hit by Leo Jimenez
• Carlos Rodon pitching line: 5IP 6H 4R (2 earned) 5BB 4K 107 pitches (66 for strikes)
• Kevin Gausman pitching line: 7IP 4H 1R (earned) 2BB 8K 86 pitches (61 for strikes)
• Jeff Hoffman threw a perfect 9th for his 24th save of the season
• Final score: Blue Jays 4 Yankees 1

My Take:

• Kevin Gausman threw 7 strong innings, giving up a run on 4 hits while walking 2 and striking out 8. He retired 7 of the first 9 batters he faced.  Gausman also retired the last 6 batters he faced. It's important Gausman does well against teams like the Yankees since he will likely start one of the first two games of a playoff series. 
• The bullpen threw 2 shutout innings, giving up a walk and a hit while striking out 4. Yariel Rodriguez and Jeff Hoffman, who struck out the side in the 9th inning, both retired every batter they faced
• The comeback kids struck again with Bo Bichette driving in a pair to give the Blue Jays the lead and the team takin full advantage of 2 costly throwing errors by the Yankees infielders
• The Blue Jays were 3-11 with runners in scoring position
• Up next, the Blue Jays try to extend the win streak to 5 games (6 vs. the Yankees) and the home win streak to 12 games (tonight they set the record), notch their 17th series win and 13th season series win of the season. Max Scherzer starts against Yankees righty Cam Schlittler.