The Toronto Blue Jays have ended the New York Yankees‘ nine-game winning streak. The Blue Jays defeated the Yankees 10-9.
Josh Donaldson, Anthony Rizzo, Gleyber Torres, Kyle Higashioka, and Marvin Gonzales each scored home runs for the Yankees, who at first led the match by 8-3 in the sixth inning. However, New York had to lose for the second time in 18 games. Not even Yankees relievers Miguel Castro and Wandy Peralta could protect their five-run lead.
Defeating Yankees
Toronto starter Yusei Kikuchi gave a notable fight through a short outing, lasting four innings while giving up three runs on three hits, with two walks and five strikeouts. Meanwhile, starter Jameson Taillon held the Toronto lineup scoreless across 5 2/3 innings – the Yankees allowed no more than one run in nine of their 16 games in June.
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Then, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. launched his fifth career grand slam, with Teoscar Hernandez hitting a three-run homer, allowing the Blue Jays to break the Yankees’ nine-game win streak.
“A lot of emotions,” Hernandez said. “It was a big moment of the game. That was a time my team needs me, for me to give the best at-bat that I can.
“Everybody knows the team that they have and the run they are on. We know if we play good against them and beat them, we’re in a good spot.”
Gurriel turned the tables by making it 8-7 with a two-out slam off Castro in the sixth.“I have to give the credits to Gurriel,” said Yankees manager Aaron Boone. “He worked on at-bat, got to two strikes, and didn’t miss a pitch.”
Hernandez, on the other hand, recorded his third home run in five games, making the score 10-8 for the Blue Jays.
“Every game is going to be like that against the Yankees,” Hernandez said of the back-and-forth game.
The Jays had a 2-0 headstart when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 17th home run, a two-run blast, with one out in the first. This was the only hit Toronto got off Yankees’ starter Luis Severino until George Springer hit a solo homer with two out in the fifth inning.
The Blue Jays managed to score all 10 of their runs on four home runs. This was the most that were allowed by Yankees pitchers this season. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run shot in the first, which gave the Blue Jays their first lead, while Springer hit a solo shot after the Bombers had taken a lead.
“That was really a good offense, obviously,” Boone said
The Blue Jays called Jordan Romano in with one out in the eighth.
“That was a huge win,” Romano said. “After the first two games (of the series), it would have been easy to roll over. But it’s not what we do.
“In the bullpen, we never think we are out of the game with this offense. I had a feeling I would be used in a big spot, so I stayed ready and it happened.”