It’s been a very long week for the Yankees, who lost their flag for the third straight time against the Toronto Blue Jays in New York. The visitors had an excellent fifth inning to win 5-2 on Saturday.
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The Bronx Bombers have won just one of their last eight games at Yankee Stadium. They took a 1-0 lead in the second round at bat with a paying single from Estevan Florial, and all was well on the mound for Gerrit Cole (9-6).
Things went wrong on the fifth assault for the Yankees starter when he allowed a double to Jackie Bradley Jr., who scored his first points in a Jays uniform by allowing Santiago Espinal and Danny Jensen to score.
Author of his 500th career hit the day before, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. got two more in this meeting, including one at the expense of Cole.
During this famous fifth round, the Dominican showed all his speed by following the fast Raimel Tapia on the trails, following a double from Alejandro Kirk. If Tapia was declared safe at the plate, Guerrero son, a meter behind, was pinned narrowly. Bradley Jr. had also joined the plate on the play to make it 4 to 1 for his people.
Late in the game, the two teams traded homers, Gleyber Torres’ 18th and Matt Chapman’s 24th.
Mitch White started the game on the mound and allowed one run on seven hits. The victory, however, went to reliever Austin Cimber (9-4), who was perfect in the fifth inning.
Toronto (64-54) will look to sweep the Yankees (73-47), leaders in the American League East Division, with a victory in the fourth and final game of this series on Sunday afternoon.