TORONTO – Jose Bautista provided the offence with an eighth-inning home run and Blue Jays pitchers stymied the Yankees for the second day in a row as Toronto blanked New York 3-0 Saturday.
For seven innings, the game was a pitching duel between Toronto’s Marcus Stroman and New York’s C.C. Sabathia before a Rogers Centre sellout of 47,828 with the roof open on a pleasant 17 C day.
READ MORE: Toronto Blue Jays fans make Seattle’s Safeco Field feel like home
Yankees third baseman Ronald Torreyes slammed a two-out triple to right field in the eighth but reliever Jason Grilli (7-5) snuffed out the threat, striking out pinch-hitter Billy Butler with a 94 mile-per-hour fastball after a seven-pitch at bat that had the crowd on its feet chanting “Let’s Go Blue Jays.”
Josh Donaldson ripped a two-out single to left field off Tyler Clippard (3-5) in the eighth and moved to second on a wild pitch. After Edwin Encarnacion walked, Bautista drove a ball over the left-field fence for his 20th homer of the season.
Roberto Osuna pitched the ninth for his 35th save of the season. Toronto outhit New York 6-3.
It was the fourth win in five games for Toronto (85-69), improving the Jays’ September record to 9-12.
Comments