It was New York’s first go-ahead, pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning or later of a road game since Don Mattingly did it against the Angels in July 1994.
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“And in this situation, I know that we’re going to come ready to win tomorrow”, he said. “Good win”. The win moved the Yankees a half-game ahead of Toronto and back into first place in the AL East.
151 during the Blue Jays’ sweep of last weekend’s three-game series, entered the eighth trailing 3-0 against David Price and showing little indication that a comeback was in the offing.
Carlos Beltran is greeted by teammate Didi Gregorius after Beltran hit a three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Ivan Nova (5-4, 3.57), who pitched the first seven innings, earned the victory.
“I’m pretty sure that they can make a lot of teams look bad”, he said. I get some comments on the street, too.
A one-out walk and single, plus a wild pitch by Miller with one out put the Blue Jays in position in the ninth. With a full-count and AL MVP candidate Josh Donaldson standing in the on-deck circle, Tulowitzki finally struck out on the 13th pitch of the at-bat.
“I don’t think it will have any effect at all because it was a good game that went down to the wire”, manager John Gibbons said. That’s what people want to see, pay to see. “It was a great at-bat”. When the organization managed to grab Tulowitzki, Price, and Ben Revere, it was like an instant revival for both the lineup and the city of Toronto.
“Obviously to be able to score eight runs and get some guys going was important”, manager Joe Girardi said.
That shutout streak is the longest the Yankees have gone without scoring against a single opponent, eclipsing 31-inning streaks against Detroit in 1934 and the Washington Senators in 1913.
Toronto had swept three games from the Yanks last weekend, outscoring them 10-1 at the Bronx. That’s the way it would stay until the Yankees started to chip away in the 8th inning. “We were fortunate to get that big inning and Jesse Chavez was really, really good”.
Beltran’s homer stopped a 25-inning scoreless streak by Toronto’s bullpen.
Blue Jays 4, Athletics 2: Mark Buehrle allowed two runs in seven-plus innings, and host Toronto beat Oakland for its 11th consecutive victory on Thursday. Everything that the Blue Jays did before the trade deadline and everything that they are doing now is serious. He is batting. 174 (23-for-132) with two home runs and seven RBIs over his past 37 games after hitting.
Former Yankees RHP Joba Chamberlain exercised an opt-out clause in his contract and was granted his release by Toronto’s Triple-A team in Buffalo.
Blue Jays: Encarnacion returned at DH after missing the previous four games with a sore left middle finger. The biggest concern going into the playoffs will be the starting pitching after Price. After Jose Bautista grounded into a double play, Encarnacion hit a first-pitch homer, his 21st.
Marco Estrada gets the start for Toronto while Masahiro Tanaka will go for New York.
Jays super-fan Arron Barberian – who took his sixday-old daughter, Maddy, to the team’s 1999 home opener, because his wife had to duck into the office for a bit – couldn’t be happier about the product on the field.
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In Chicago, Kyle Schwarber hit two homers and drove in four runs, Jon Lester won his fourth straight decision and the Cubs whipped Milwaukee.
