While the rainfall was significant enough to force a forty to forty-five minute rain delay in the Bronx, when play did resume in the bottom of the fourth inning, Estrada was out and Scott Feldman, whom the Jays acquired from the Houston Astros at the non-waiver trade deadline, was now on the bump.
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NEW YORK – Chad Green struck out 11 in six dominant innings, Aaron Judge delivered again with an RBI double and Dellin Betances escaped a big ninth-inning jam, leading the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 on Monday night.
It was a huge game, said manager John Gibbons. In fact, Yankees tickets on the primary market start from as low as $5 for select games over the next six weeks. “That happens when you have young guys”. “And I go home and instead of being selfish and worrying about me and moping and being upset, I get to see his face and it changes everything”.
Starlin Castro led off the fourth with his career-high 15th home run to make it 3-2. Jacoby Ellsbury has put up 108 hits with 49 runs and 38 RBI for his part. Not only did they become the first two rookies to each homer in their first at-bats in the same game, but also the first two rookies in Major League Baseball history to do so in back-to-back plate appearances. It looked like (Donaldson) was on everything in that at-bat. “I think you definitely get the feeling that we don’t ever feel like we’re out of a ballgame”.
Michael Pineda (6-10, 5.07 ERA) and Marco Estrada (7-5, 2.95 ERA) are on the hill in the second of a three-game series between the New York Yankees (61-57) and the Toronto Blue Jays (67-52) at Yankee Stadium.
Tony Wolters homered and had three hits, and Charlie Blackmon extended his hitting streak to 12 games. After allowing four hits and getting seven strikeouts in seven innings during last Wednesday’s 7-0 win over the Tampa Bays, he joined Roger Clemens in 1997 and Roy Halladay in 2003 as the only Toronto pitchers to have a run as good.
It just felt like the momentum was shifting in our direction, Martin said. Both teams are a game back of Toronto.
Martin disputes the notion the offence is having a tough time of it. “So, you’ve just got to point to the sky and kind of thank whoever’s up there helping out like that”. “We always believe that we’re good”. Smoak is 0 for 28 with runners in scoring position since mid-June. Our lineup’s been good all year long and it’s going to continue to be good.
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 game is never over until the last out and thats how we approach every game.. He hit his 21st home run in the sixth inning and it marked the seventh time he surpassed 20 home runs.
Judge 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.
After the Jays went down in the top of the fifth, the skies opened up and play was stopped for a 41-minute rain delay.
Strasburg (15-4) continued his recent struggles with his shortest outing of the season.
Sabathia (7-10) got plenty of swings and misses but also was hit hard as the Blue Jays scored three in the second inning and four in the fateful fifth.
With Pineda out of the game, Anthony Swarzak took over and promptly gave up a leadoff double to Travis.
Tulowitzki singled in front of Martin’s 12th homer, a high fly to right that put Toronto ahead. The first six batters reached against Strasburg, Colorado sent 11 to the plate in the first and eight in the second to take a 9-2 lead.
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After he gave up a run in his first inning, Feldman settled in for two more solid frames, securing five of the six outs via strikeouts.
