The Yankees have a majority of their remaining games at home, where they perform quite well, and the Blue Jays still have to make a trip to the West Coast, while the Yankees won’t be leaving the Eastern time zone for the rest of the season. Indeed, that is very good news for the Yankees.
Advertisement
“It’s incredible what adding a few pieces to the team has done, especially mentally”, said Estrada.
There is also the national team, and Lawrie was such a talent that he was on his first Canadian national team when he was just 15 as an infielder/outfielder and, for a little over a year, as a catcher.
It also was the first time since May 2003 that Toronto swept New York in a series of at least three games. “Our offense has gotten cold right now and our offense has been spectacular all year and put us, along with our pitching, in the position we’re in”. However, as Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner found out on Sunday, if the fans aren’t careful, the tradition could turn risky. It happened in Colorado in 2012, after a Diamondbacks fan threw back a home run that Jordan Pacheco had hit into the left-field bleachers. “But things always seem to even out so I don’t worry about it”.
“We got a gift-wrapped present from Toronto, I promise you that”.
Marco Estrada (10-6) threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings and lowered his ERA to 3.21. A walk to Beltran and a single by Chase Headley in the 7th.
The right-hander was lifted after 89 pitches with two on in the seventh. It really comes down to if the pitcher is making his pitches for me and obviously David price is extremely talented.
Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos rolled the dice before the Major League Baseball trade deadline, and the returns have thus far been decidedly positive. “It’s been a tough spot for us”. “That’s something that we’re currently working on right now and if we can upgrade in the rotation, we’d like to do that as well”.
And you sense there is sense of urgency with the Yankees who once again got a relatively good start from Masahiro Tanaka, six innings, three hits and five strikeouts.
Bautista connected in the fourth, launching a mammoth drive that struck the facing of the second deck in left field.
On Sunday, they snapped the streak in style: The Yankees have now gone 26 innings without scoring, stretching back to the second inning of Friday night’s game.
Prior to all the changes, the Blue Jays were treading water around the break-even mark while leading the American League in run differential, having outscored their opposition by 94 runs over the first 101 games while sitting at 50-51. As recently as July 2014, the Blue Jays had lost 17 games in a row at Yankee Stadium.
It’s been a long time since an off day for the Toronto Blue Jays generated as much discussion amongst the public at large. Encarnacion’s middle finger has been bothering him for a while, and he aggravated it on a swing Saturday. Josh Reddick’s bases-loaded, two-out comebacker bounced off Gregerson for an RBI single, tying the game 4-4 and bringing Valencia to the plate.
Advertisement
Or maybe this is simply a baseball-style market correction of sorts, after Joe Girardi’s ballclub sledgehammered its way to 90 runs in 10 games. Bryan Mitchell and Adam Warren are the top candidates.
