TORONTO – The Yankees went by loads of drama at Rogers Centre final yr, and usually, it didn’t finish nicely for them.
Of their first journey right here this season, they discovered the nice form of drama to return away with a collection win.
For the second straight day, the Yankees broke a tie within the prime of the ninth with a two-run homer – this one from Ben Rice – earlier than piling on to take the rubber sport with a 8-3 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.
After Rice’s clutch moonshot, the Yankees (43-27) stored the rally going, culminating in a three-run shot from José Caballero to place the sport on ice and ship them dwelling flying excessive off a 5-1 journey.
Paul Goldschmidt, who delivered the go-ahead blast in Saturday’s win, began the ninth-inning rally on Sunday with a swinging bunt down the third final analysis. Blue Jays reliever Braydon Fisher tried to make a wild play and acquired off an ill-advised throw that ended up down the appropriate discipline line permitting Goldschmidt to take second.
Rice then got here up and labored a full rely earlier than getting a slider on the within nook that he clobbered for his team-leading nineteenth dwelling run of the season.
After walks by Jasson Domínguez and Jazz Chisholm Jr., Caballero supplied respiration room by taking Tommy Nance deep because the Yankees turned the tables after going 1-8 towards the Blue Jays (34-38) right here final yr.
Anthony Volpe loved a robust all-around day, going 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and a few sturdy protection at shortstop, although he missed an opportunity to make it even higher within the prime of the eighth inning. With the sport tied 3-3, Chisholm walked, stole second after which took third on a balk with one out. However Max Schuemann (after an unsuccessful bunt try) and Volpe each struck out towards Jeff Hoffman to finish the risk.
The underside of the Yankees’ lineup, which at instances has doubled as a black gap, got here by on Sunday to provide them a lead within the second inning towards left-hander Patrick Corbin.
Schuemann, making a uncommon begin in left discipline, acquired it began by smoking a double off the left discipline wall earlier than Volpe – proper after making a terrific play on a floor ball up the center to finish the underside of the primary – singled him dwelling with a line drive to heart discipline.
Ali Sánchez then picked up his first hit as a Yankee – and the primary RBI by a Yankee catcher since Might 26 – with a double to the hole, scoring Volpe all the best way from first to make it 2-0.
However the Blue Jays got here again to tie it up with single runs within the third and fourth innings towards Will Warren, although he was let down by his protection at instances and the Yankees had been fortunate neither rally changed into greater than that.
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After Warren left the bases loaded within the second inning, Nathan Lukes led off the third by reaching on a chopper to the appropriate of second base that José Caballero fielded however couldn’t make a clear throw to first. Alejandro Kirk adopted with a single earlier than Warren acquired Yohendrick Piñango to floor right into a double play, with Lukes taking third.
Kazuma Okamoto got here up subsequent and hit a chopper down the road, however after making the cease, Amed Rosario bounced his throw to first previous Paul Goldschmidt, permitting Lukes to attain.
Then within the fourth, after Warren acquired two outs with a person on first, George Springer and Lukes hit back-to-back grounders simply previous the attain of a diving Volpe, tying the sport 2-2. Warren made positive it stayed there, stranding runners on second and third by getting Kirk to floor out on his 98th and remaining pitch of the day.
After the Yankees knocked Corbin out of the sport within the fourth, Volpe delivered once more within the sixth, roping an RBI single off righty reliever Spencer Miles for the 3-2 lead.
Nevertheless it proved to be short-lived, as Jake Chook gave up a game-tying dwelling run to Davis Schneider within the backside of the body on a 95 mph sinker down the center.
