The Yankees have struggled on
the road vs their AL East foes over the last few years, yet that was not the
case Thursday night, as the Yankee bats got on the Blue Jays early and never
let up. The Yankees defeated Toronto 12-2 on Thursday night, as the offense was
terrific while C.C Sabathia turned in a great outing, picking up his sixth win
of the year. The offense was led by superb performances by Aaron Hicks and Gary
Sanchez, who combined for six hits and nine RBIs.
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The Yankees had a tough
task in front of them in Blue Jays starter Marco Estrada, who came into the
game with a 3.14 ERA and was outstanding in his two prior starts. Yet the
Yankee offense did not seem to notice, as they tacked on four runs in the first
inning behind an Aaron Judge RBI single and a Hicks bases clearing double and
were far from done.
Just when it looked like
Estrada was getting back on track after getting two quick outs to start the
second inning, Gary decided to have a night, launching a hanging changeup 440
feet into the left field upper deck, the longest home run of his career thus
far. He followed that up with another home run that also found its way into the
left field upper deck. This one was a two-run shot in the fourth inning that
scored Brett Gardner, who picked up his 1,000th career hit in this game. This
was Sanchez’s first multi-home run game of the season, and the fourth of his
career.
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| Photo Credit: Frank Gunn | The Canadian Press |
Sabathia was once again
solid, and now has picked up a win in each of his last four starts. C.C faced
trouble early on when the first two batters in the second inning both had base
hits, but Sabathia got the next three hitters out and proceeded to get through
the middle innings without much trouble. His lone mistake of the night came in
the seventh inning, when Kendrys Morales lead off the inning with a solo shot
that just got over the wall past Aaron Hicks outstretched glove. Sabathia
stayed in for one more batter after giving up the home run, but was pulled with
one out in the seventh. The Blue Jays would hit another solo shot, this
one off of Chad Green off the bat of Ezequiel Carrera, but it was too little
too late.
The Yankees continued to pile
it on after Estrada was out of the game, as Hicks kept on adding to his monster
day with an RBI double in the seventh inning that scored Didi Gregorius, who
needed to slide head first for a close play at the plate which was challenged
unsuccessfully by the Blue Jays. Chase Headley followed Hicks with an RBI
single, scoring Hicks from second and putting the Bombers up by nine.
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| Photo Credit: Frank Gunn | The Canadian Press |
Aaron Hicks however was not
done after his two RBI doubles, as he capped off his night with his third
double and fifth and sixth RBIs of the night with a two-run double in the ninth
inning to make the score 11-2. Chase Headley once again drove in Hicks with an
RBI single to make the score 12-2 headed to the bottom half of the ninth
inning, where Chad Green finished out the game after coming in for Sabathia in
the seventh.
The Yanks improve to 31-20 on
the season, as the Blue Jays fall to 26-28. These two teams are back at it
tomorrow night at 7:07, as Michael Pineda gets the ball vs Francisco Liriano.
Winning Pitcher: C.C Sabathia
(6-2, 4.12 ERA) 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 7 K, 0 BB
Losing Pitcher: Marco Estrada
(4-3, 3.86 ERA) 3.2 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 4 K, 2 BB
Notables:
Aaron Hicks: 4-5, 3 2B, 6
RBI, 2 R
Gary Sanchez: 2-5, 2 HR (6),
3 RBI
Chase Headley: 2-5, 2 RBI
Matt Holliday: 3-5, 2 R
Aaron Judge: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 R,
1 BB
Article by: Matt Luzzi
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