Nightmare For New York Yankees In Toronto In Game 3

It was a nightmare for the Yankees in Toronto as they were losing 8-0. 7-0 after the first inning. To their credit, they fought back but lost 11-9. Will Warren pitched poorly in this nightmare. He will learn that a pitcher cannot walk batters. He walked four. Two of the batters he walked were on base when he surrendered one of his two home runs. It is a nightmare, but the Yankees, who seemed to have an insurmountable first-place lead in the American League East, are now tied with the Blue Jays. Did you think the first-place lead would evaporate?

Lineups

The Blue Jays had Andrés Giménez as the second baseman, batting leadoff. George Springer was the designated hitter, batting second. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was the first baseman, batting third. Alejandro Kirk was the catcher, batting fourth. Addison Barger was the right fielder and batted fifth. Ernie Clement was the shortstop and batted sixth. Will Wagner was the third baseman and batted seventh. Davis Schneider was the left fielder and batted eighth. Miles Straw was the center fielder and batted ninth. 

For the Yankees, Ben Rice batted first and was the catcher. Aaron Judge was the right fielder and batted second. Cody Bellinger was the center fielder who batted third. Giancarlo Stanton was the designated hitter and batted fourth. Austin Wells pinch ran for him in the eighth inning. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was the third baseman, batting fifth.

Paul Goldschmidt was the first baseman and batted sixth. Jasson Dominguez was the left fielder and batted seventh. Anthony Volpe was the shortstop and batted eighth. DJ LeMahieu was the second baseman and batted ninth. Trent Grisham pinch-hit for him in the seventh inning. He stayed in to play center field. Oswald Peraza came in to play second base.

Game Reaction: Big Mistakes in Yankee Nightmare

Toronto is one of the hottest teams in Major League Baseball. They are 31-18 in their last 49 games, the third-best record in the Majors in that span. They were seven games back in the American League East, and now they are tied with the New York Yankees. A very bad mistake was made by Warren. He walked four batters. A pitcher cannot issue batters free passes. Babe Ruth is dead, throw strikes!

The Yankees needed to battle back in this game. At 8-0, it looked like a total nightmare for the Yankees. However, the Yankees came back to 8-7 in the 5th inning. The Yankees scored five big runs in the fifth inning, punctuated by a three-run home run from Stanton. That was his first home run of the season. Nightmare averted, sort of.

Warren was taken off the hook with Judge’s 31st home run of the season. The Yankees used their closer, Devin Williams, in the eighth inning because the meat of the Toronto lineup was up. When Judge and Stanton both hit home runs, the Yankees were 45-6 coming into this game. They both hit home runs in this game.

News and Notes 

The All-Star Game starters were announced today. The Yankees had only one in Judge. For the size of their payroll, the Yankees should have more. Stanton hit his first home run of the season in this game. It was a huge three-run home run. The Yankees hope the Stanton home run will spark him to bigger and better things. Stanton hitting home runs would be important, as he adds a right-handed power bat to the Yankee lineup.

Scoring Summary

In the first inning, Kirk singled and both Springer and Gimenez scored. That gave Toronto an immediate 2-0 lead. Later in that inning, Barger hit a three-run home run. Guerrero and Kirk both scored, and Toronto led 5-0. Still in the nightmare first inning, Schneider hit a home run, and Wagner scored. Toronto took a 7-0 lead.

In the third inning, Gimenez singled and Wagner scored. Toronto led 8-0. The Yankees had a big fifth inning. LeMehieu singled, and Dominguez scored. Rice singled and Volpe scored. Judge doubled and LeMehieu scored. Then Stanton homered, and Rise and Judge scored. When it was all said and done, the Yankees trailed 8-6.

In the sixth inning, Bellinger doubled and LeMahieu scored. That cut the Yankees’ deficit to 8-7. In the seventh inning, Schneider hit a solo home run. Toronto led 9-7. In the eighth inning, Judge hit a two-run home run. The Yankees tied the game at 9. They came back, and the nightmare start of Warren did not matter. He was off the hook. Toronto pitched to Judge. That was a mistake. In the eighth inning, Williams threw a wild pitch and Springer scored. The Yankees were losing 10-9. Then Barger singled and Guerrero scored. The Blue Jays took an 11-9 lead.

Final Thoughts

This was a good battle after a nightmare start. The fact that the Yankees came back to tie the score at 9 in the eighth inning after Judge’s 31st home run, Warren was taken off the hook for a loss. Nevertheless, the fact that he walked four batters, something he absolutely cannot do. They are now tied with the Blue Jays.