Yankees dig out of early hole
Jays jump on Lynn for 4 in first, but N.Y. rallies for rain-shortened win
Neil Walker hit a three-run homer, Giancarlo Stanton added an impressive opposite-field blast and the New York Yankees rallied for a rain-shortened 7-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
Stanton hit his 31st homer of the season into a party deck behind the home bullpen in the bottom of the seventh, and a batter later, umpires pulled the teams off the field amid rain at Yankee Stadium. The game was called with one out in the seventh after a delay of 1 hour, 25 minutes.
Chad Green (6-2) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. In a scoring oddity, David Robertson got his third save despite not recording the final out of the game.
Rookie Gleyber Torres drove in the go-ahead run with a fielder’s choice off Joe Biagini (1-7) in the fifth.
Toronto jumped on starter Lance Lynn for four runs in the first inning. Kendrys Morales and Kevin Pillar each had RBI singles before Randal Grichuk walked to load the bases with two outs and Aledmys Diaz followed with a two-run single.
The Yankees, who were limited to just six runs in their previous three games against Tampa Bay, cut the lead in half in the bottom of the inning against starter Marcus Stroman. Aaron Hicks worked a two-out walk and scored from first when sure-handed center fielder Pillar misplayed Didi Gregorius’ triple in the gap. Miguel Andujar added an RBI double.
Torres doubled and Greg Bird worked a 10-pitch walk off Stroman in the fourth before Walker
delivered his shot. It was Walker’s seventh homer of the season and put New York ahead 5-4.
Stroman gave up five runs and six hits in four innings. A graduate of Patchoguemedford High School on Long Island, Stroman is winless in seven starts in the Bronx.
The Blue Jays chased Lynn in the fifth when Curtis Granderson doubled and scored on Devon Travis’ single.
Lynn was charged with five runs and six hits in four innings. He struck out five but walked three.
Trainer’s room
Blue Jays: C Luke Maile was placed on the paternity list before Friday’s game. OF Billy Mckinney replaced Maile on the roster.
Yankees: Manager Aaron Boone said there was some improvement with C Gary Sanchez (groin) and OF Aaron Judge (fractured right wrist). Sanchez increased his running Friday afternoon, which he didn’t see. “I was out there for his defensive work where he was throwing the bases. He looked really good,” said Boone, who added Judge played some catch. “I think there was a chance he could have a bat in his hand and doing some dry swings. We’ll see if that happens or not. Both guys progressing, so hopefully, it’s out there.”
Up next
Blue Jays: RHP Sean Reid-foley (0-1, 5.40 ERA) will be making his second major league start Saturday. Reid-foley didn’t fare too well Monday at Kansas City, allowing three runs and six hits over five innings. He walked three.
Yankees: RHP Luis Severino (15-6, 3.27) is coming off a rough start in which he gave up four runs in four innings for the loss against the New York Mets on Monday. He’s 3-0 with a 2.19 ERA in his last 4 starts against Toronto.