For the first time in 172 games the Yankees were about to be shutout — Toronto’s ballpen stifling them for 8 innings — but a 2-out rally in the 9th plated a run and made it 2-1 Toronto, with 2 runners on (tieing run at 3rd) and Luke Voit at the plate. Voit struck out on a called strike 3 for ballgame.
“There’s always a chance”, said Luke Voit after the game. With this Yankee offense — there is always a chance.
Your shutout has been OVERRULED!
Judge delivers an RBI single to cut the Blue Jays lead in half.#YANKSonYES pic.twitter.com/CvxYO1qIdJ
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) July 13, 2019
Happ Sadly Happy
It was a sadly happy day for J.A. Happ who pitched well (5.1 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs) but took the loss to go 7-5. Nestor Cortes Jr. pitched 1.2 innings of perfect relief striking out 3 — with Domingo German back in the rotation and the Yankees not currently needing an “opener” and a ballpen day — the Yankee ballpen is now stronger than ever with Cortes added to it and Chad Green also pitching well. An embarassment of riches and remember Delin Bettances is still aiming to come back this year. Even David Hale is adding to the ballpen brilliance — he pitched a shutout inning in this one to lower his ERA to 2.63. Adam Ottavino (1.72 ERA) pitched 2/3 of an inning shutout and Zach Britton (2.41 ERA) pitched 1/3 of an inning shutout.
Swing and a miss! Four scoreless, five Ks for J.A. Happ.#YANKSonYES pic.twitter.com/VQyXObnrOj
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) July 13, 2019
The Offense
The Yankees got 8 hits and 3 walks on the afternoon — 3 of those hits and one walk coming in the 9th for the rally. They left 11 Runners in Scoring Position (RISP) — not great.
- Aaron Judge got 4 of the Yankees 8 hits — he went 4 for 5 — all singles — to raise his average to .294, and drove in the one run in the 9th.
- Red hot Brett Gardner got 2 more hits to raise his average to .253.
- DJ LeMahieu (who led off the 9th with a hit) and Didi Gregorius got the other hits and Aaron Hicks got that walk in the 9th.
- Luke Voit, Gary Sanchez, and Edwin Encarnacion — batting 3 thru 5 — went hitless. Although Voit got 2 walks.
- Gleyber Torres went hitless.
Etcetera
It was Military Appreciation Day and an Army paratrooper landed in the Stadium before the game carrying a Yankee flag.
Tampa and Boston also lost so the Yankees remained 6 games ahead of Tampa and 9 games ahead of Boston, in 1st place with a 58-32 record.
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