Yankees 5 Blue Jays 8
Well, that was a baseball game. It had everything. Life doesn’t get much better. I always say that my two favourite things are a Jays’ win and a Yankees’ loss, and when I can get both in the same game, that’s even better.
Trey Yesavage was not good. 5 innings, 4 hits, 6 walks and 3 strikeouts. He was all around the strikezone but not in it near enough. He has been going through a rough little run. But his ERA is still 3.78, so things aren’t all that bad.
In the first four innings
he didn’t give up any runs but:
- Walked one it the first.
- Loaded the bases on a single and two walks in the second.
- Had a clean third.
- Walked one in the forth.
The fifth didn’t go as well, double, out, walk, sac fly, home run, and then strikeout.
And he started the sixth, giving up a walk and double. Mason Fluharty came in and allowed both inherited runners to score.
Thankfully, our offense was great today. We scored:
- Three in the first: Ernie Clement singled with one out. An out later, Alejandro Kirk doubled him home. Then Kazuma Okamoto homered into the fifth deck. Apparently only the tenth Blue Jay to hit one up there. 111.4 mph, 423 feet. Number 14 on the season.
- Two in the second: With two out, Andrés Andrés Giménez was hit by pitch and George Springer homered (not into the fifth deck, but still counts apparently.
- Two in the fifth: Springer walked, went to second on a ground out, and scored on a Vlad double down the third base line. Springer scored (he scored a few times today). And Alejandro Kirk singled home Vlad.
- One in the eighth: With two out, Springer walked and scored from first on a Clement double (the old guy can still run). It thought Yankees Max Schuemann took a rather circular route to the ball. I don’t know if he could have made the catch but he could have held Clement to a single and held Springer at third.
We had ten hits and four walks. Kirk had three in his first start back from the IL (plus a walk). Clement had two.
The top of the order had a good day for a change. One thru four went 7 for 15 with 4 walks. And it was nice to see George Springer have a good day, the homer and 3 walks.
After Fluharty, our bullpen did a great job:
- Braydon Fisher gave up two hits and a walk but got out of the seventh without a run scoring.
- Tyler Rogers had a clean eighth.
- Louis Varland had a clean ninth, with two strikeouts, for his 12th save. Gotta like a guy with a 0.49 ERA.
Other than that, our defense looked very good. Giménez continues to amaze me with how smooth he is. And the second hardest hit ball of the game was caught by Vlad, on a nice play. I was wondering how you catch a ball moving at 107 mph without breaking bone.
Having Kirk back was huge, he challenged the first pitch of the game, and was right. He did have a passed ball.
Jays of the Day: Kirk (0.16 WPA), Okamoto (0.13), and Springer (0.11). And let’s give one to our bullpen pitchers, Fisher, Rogers and Varland (totaled 0.17 WPA).
Other Award: Yesavage (-0.09). Sorry Trey.
Tomorrow we have a couple of very good pitchers going. Cam Schlittler (7-3, 1.87) vs. Kevin Gausman (4-4, 3.60).
