MLB: Pitcher duel! Yanks win in Canada

The New York Yankees (28-29) won the final of the three-game series (2-1) at the Toronto Blue Jays (41-48) 2-1. The decision was made in the excellently pitched clash of the two AL East teams in the tenth inning by an RBI base hit by Brett Gardner.

The Yankees took the lead in the first inning through Miguel Andujar’s RBI groundout – Aaron Judge scored the run from third base. Afterwards, however, a real pitcher duel developed between two rookie starters, who could not be disturbed even by numerous base runners.

So it took the Blue Jays until the start of the sixth inning to make their way onto the scoreboard: Designated Hitter Kendrys Morales hit a solo Homun to equalize. Afterwards, there were no more runs in extra innings.

The decision was made directly in the tenth inning. Brett Gardner brought Tyler Wade’s decisive run home on an RBI single. Previously, Tyler had hit Clippard Greg Bird to base and initiated the bankruptcy.

After both starters made quality starts – Ryan Borucki made a run in seven innings, Domingo German one in six – the pitcher duel continued seamlessly in the bull pens. The first mistake finally decided the game…

After both sides didn’t give each other anything, Relief met Pitcher and former Yankee Tyler Clippard Greg Bird with a pitch and sent him to Base as lead-off man. This triggered a chain reaction – a Sacrifice Bunt by Catcher Austin Romine brought Pinch Runner Tyler Wade to second base, then Brett Gardner hit an RBI single – which led to the final lead for the Yankees.

After the Yankees recently got a series of weaker starts from pitchers other than Luis Severino or CC Sabathia, rookie right-handers German made the Bronx Bombers pant a bit. In his six innings, he only made one essential mistake – the Morales home run – and did not let anything else burn. He played four hits (2 BB, 5 SO) and even in his problematic fourth inning (29 pitches) he remained cool despite loaded bases and did not make a run.

It had to hit one… Clippard came in and got himself into trouble with the hit-by-pitch against Bird. After that he caught himself and finished the inning with strikeouts against Judge and Stanton, but in the end it didn’t matter any more.

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