The Yankees have tied a season high by going four games over.500 for the third time and this stretch has coincided with a younger roster, which was displayed during the series opening 1-0 win. Others may look at that wild 10-9 victory on a insane Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre when the Jays scored six times in the last two innings to overcome an 8-4 deficit.
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With the Yankees in the midst of a full-fledged youth movement, it was only right for Green to break out of his shell with fellow RailRiders teammates now on the roster.
Yankees fans desperately want to believe their team is still in the playoff picture, but the season is winding down and the division is not getting any easier.
Scott Feldman (6-4) replaced ineffective Toronto starter Marco Estrada after the stoppage and struck out five in three innings of one-run relief. In the bottom of the 4th, Brian McCann singled, Gary Sanchez did the same, and rookie sensation Aaron Judge doubled to deep center field, to bring McCann home. He became the first Yankees player with an extra-base hit and RBI in his first three career games since the RBI became an official stat in 1920, ESPN Stats & Info said.
On Tuesday night, though, Warren resorted back to his old ways. “I was confident right there”.
Yankees: RHP Michael Pineda (6-10, 5.07) has won three of his last five starts. He also will try to end a almost two-month slump that has seen go 2-5 with a 6.41 ERA in 10 starts since June 22. “There’s a little more energy”. Hours after the rains cleared, Toronto’s thunder didn’t stop. With a second straight disappointing loss staring them right in the face, they came together as an offensive unit and produced one of the most satisfying victories of the year. With two outs and two on, Sanchez stepped to the plate and unloaded on an Estrada change up.
Devon Travis doubled and scored on a throwing error by third baseman Chase Headley.
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey winds up during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in New York, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Adam Warren, who may just have gotten himself straightened out, pitched a flawless 8th. Dickey was the losing pitcher in the Jays 1-0 shutout loss to the Yankees.
Then came that attractive top of the eighth inning. “I was hoping it would be a quicker rain delay, but when it got to be 45 to 50 minutes, it was frustrating”. In the sixth, Gregorius hit a RBI single. It was 8-6 Toronto and the Yankees had officially coughed up what looked like a sure win. He launched a two-out solo home run on the first pitch of the at-bat.
Edwin Encarnacion hit a tying homer and drove home three runs in the eighth as Toronto took advantage of a complete meltdown by New York’s bullpen. EE would ground into a fielders choice, but it would be for his 100th RBI on the season, and we’re only halfway through August. That’s one heck of a comeback when you consider it stood at.569 back on May 9. It was the first time both starting catchers had multiple home runs in an American League game since at least 1913, the Yankees said. He made his departure after five innings, trailing 1-0, having allowed just four hits but also four walks.
For Happ to even be included in a conversation about the game’s top pitchers is a bit of a mind blower to many Toronto fans, who still recall the old Happ in his first go-round with the Blue Jays a couple years back.
The Blue Jays are 13-6 in their last 19 game threes of a series, and 38-18 in their last 56 Wednesday games.
With four runs in the top of the sixth, the Jays cut the early lead to 6-4, then erupted for eight runs in the eighth, sending 13 men to the plate in the process.
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Happ regrouped, getting the risky Evan Longoria to ground out to second, which advanced both base runners 90 feet. Russell Martin homered twice, including a go-ahead shot in Toronto’s eight-run eighth inning, and Troy Tulowitzki had four hits as the Blue Jays erased a six-run deficit to triumph.
