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Yankees stay alive in big win over Blue Jays
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Yankees stay alive in big win over Blue Jays
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The Blue Jays were in New York tonight to take on the Yankees.

The Blue Jays could eliminate the Yankees tonight with a win. For their part, after two setbacks in Toronto, the Bombardiers were trying to avoid the sweep and stay alive.

It started strong for the Blue Jays, who sent Davis Schneider on base via a walk. And guess who hit a two-run home run later?

That's right: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. He hates the Yankees, and it shows.

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But before long, the Yankees decided to get on the scoreboard. The Blue Jays thought they had ended the first inning, but Isiah Kiner-Falefa made an error on a routine play.

The result? Instead of seeing Shane Bieber end the inning with less than 10 strikeouts, the Blue Jays pitcher allowed Giancarlo Stanton to bring home Aaron Judge.

Thereafter, the Blue Jays continued to send runners to the paths, causing Carlos Rodon to accumulate pitches at a slightly too high rate.

45 shots in two innings is too many.

It should be noted that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. received the Aaron Judge treatment in the third inning: an intentional walk with a runner on second.

But the rest of the lineup got the ball rolling: Davis Schneider took advantage of an ordinary play in the Yankees' outfield to run home and make it 3-1.

Later, Ernie Clement (who had a good game) pushed a ball into the outfield. Vladdy took a good risk by challenging Cody Bellinger's arm… and it paid off: his aggressiveness made it 4-1.

And of course, he did his Superman dive again. #Wow

It wasn't over yet as veteran Anthony Santander, recovering from an injury-plagued season, went 6-1 via a big hit. He had two points produced.

That ended Rodon's game after just seven outs.

That said, the Yankees had by no means said their last word. In the third inning, the home team scored two runs. Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton were the run producers.

And after just 2.2 innings, Shane Bieber left. He had given up three runs and left two runners on the trails, who didn't score. Not ideal before a potential bullpen day the next day, you say?

And soon, the Blue Jays bullpen was acting up.

With the game 6-3, Aaron Judge hit an important three-run homer to bring everyone back to square one… a little after an Addison Barger defensive error. He had a good series, Judge, but no signature moment. Now that's done.

At this point, it was 10pm and the fourth inning had just ended. No one was about to go to bed. #Cadran

After that, Louis Varland continued his ugly outing. After his home run to Judge, he let Jazz Chisholm Jr. cross home plate via a long ball. He made it 7-6 for his team. And Austin Wells, against Braydon Fisher, made it 8-6 – before getting pinned at second base.

That made it seven points in a row for the Yankees, who were also pulled up by their bullpen. It was 6-1, at one point.

The Yankees made it 9-6 when Aaron Judge spun from first to third via a funny Anthony Santander play in right field… and the captain ended up coming home on a sacrifice fly.

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So the Yankees got their hands on a big win that keeps them alive. The Bombardiers and Blue Jays will cross swords tomorrow night in the Bronx on the heels of game #4.

It's going to be quite a duel between the Blue Jays' reliever bullpen and Cam Schlittler, who has done well recently, but did poorly against the Blue Jays earlier in the regular season.

PMLB
  • Clint Frazier attended the game.

  • Americans disrespected the Canadiens national anthem.

  • Sick.

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