(New York) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit three long balls, including two to ace Gerrit Cole, as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-4 on Wednesday night.
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George Springer broke the tie with a seventh-inning single and the Blue Jays held off the Yankees despite homers from Anthony Rizzo, Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres.
Guerrero homered in the first inning off Cole and added a two-run hit in the third to give Toronto a 3-0 lead.
Guerrero doubled Cole in the sixth inning and he catapulted a Jonathan Loaisiga offering 443 feet from home in the eighth.
It was the second career three-home run game for Guerrero, who first set that high on April 27 against the Washington Nationals. He was in the waiting circle when teammate Bo Bichette was the last out in the top of the ninth inning, missing out on a chance to tie the Majors record with four long balls in a single game. .
Guerrero leads Major League Baseball with four home runs in six games, after leading the home run last season. He had then managed 48 strokes of four goals.
Jordan Romano recorded a fourth save this season after stopping the Yankees in the ninth inning. Romano has completed his last 27 rescue attempts.
Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernández left the field in the sixth inning, after hitting a ground ball. He was pulled from the matchup due to discomfort on the left side of his body.
The Yankees erased a 3-0 deficit following long balls from Rizzo and Judge and after DJ LeMahieu slammed a double-faced double on José Berríos in the sixth inning. Springer responded by hitting a one-run single in the seventh, off Loaisiga.
Rizzo hit three homers in six games. Both Judge and Torres got their first of the season.
Cole passed six batters in the mitt in five and two-thirds innings of work, allowing three runs. Three of the four hits against him came off the stick from Guerrero.
Adam Cimber (1-1) didn’t give up a run in one inning to take the win for the Blue Jays. Chad Green (0-1) walked Alejandro Kirk and Cavan Biggio crossed home on Springer’s single.