This is what you might call a sobering experience.
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The Jays enjoyed a 3-0 lead until the New York Yankees scored four times in the eighth to earn a 4-3 triumph over Toronto. The two teams are playing a series this weekend in Toronto, and the Jays held a half-game lead entering Friday. They almost won this game off Yankees closer Andrew Miller, putting runners at second and third with two out in the ninth. That was the end of Price’s night. Jacoby Ellsbury has also homered off Price and is hitting. It didn’t work out.
The decision to start Chavez against his former team came just hours before the first pitch.
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.
Surprisingly it’s been pitching as much as hitting that has fueled Toronto’s streak. Center fielder Kevin Pillar singled to send Pennington to second.
Miller was able to battle back from the wild pitch, striking out Revere, bringing Tulowitzki to the plate with the game on the line.
“That was a great, great at-bat”, said manager John Gibbons. In 52 2/3 innings, Osuna has struck out 56 while giving up only 12 walks, holding batters to a. 187 average and registering a 2.05 ERA. Chase Headley had three hits, Didi Gregorius and Brett Gardner each had two hits, and Alex Rodriguez doubled in the first inning before continuing his recent slump by going hitless the rest of the night. 156 against Toronto. Teixeira is hitting.
Unfortunately the teams luck ran out as they manage to score just one run over the three game series against the Blue Jays.
“The first night that I came there was 39,000 fans and I’ve got chills all over, hearing fans yelling and screaming any time everything happens in the field”, said Bell, who was the AL MVP in 1987. They’ll get another crack at it tomorrow when Masahiro Tanaka faces Marco Estrada at 1:07 pm. Their one through four hitters feature Troy Tulowitzki, Josh Donaldson, Edwin Encarnacion, and Jose Bautista. The veteran lefty stretched his unbeaten streak to five starts after allowing three runs in a solid seven inning stint in a victory versus Minnesota in his last time out.
The Yankees challenged Price through the first three innings totalling four hits, but were unable to break through. Would the slow McCann have scored if the ball had stayed in the park?
The Yankees won their third straight following a five-game skid and extended their AL East lead over Toronto to 1 ½ games. Today marks the start of a three game series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees.
Gibbons dismissed the notion that the loss could negatively affect his team. Now the odds for the game have the Jays listed as a big favorite to pick up the win here tonight. “We don’t have a bunch of young kids who ride that emotional roller- coaster”. “I think both sides have made a lot of gestures to do that”.
“People talk about “all-in” and things like that – we’re trying to win each year”, Anthopoulos said Friday.
Anthopoulos gave up big-time prospects to get him, and to get Price.
Miller has to feel good coming up with the huge strikeout against the best hitter in the Jays’ lineup. “He normally keeps the ball on the ground”.
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Toronto is a heavy -226 favorite in this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is set at eight runs.
