A Real Stinker. Toronto 7 NY 1

September 6, 2025 paperbacklou 2025 0
Giancarlo Stanton with a solo HR in the bottom of the 2nd to make it a 4-1 game.

The Blue Jays hit the shit out of Cam Schlittler — scoring 4 runs and knocking him out in the 2nd inning, upping his pitch count to 66 pitches and sending him to the showers after 1.2 innings down 4-0.

Meanwhile Kevin Gausman gassed the Yankees all night — 8 innings of 4-hit, 1 run ball — for a 7-1 Toronto victory on a beautiful, 75-degree Friday night in the Bronx.

A real stinker.

The only run the Yanks got was a solo HR by Giancarlo Stanton in the 2nd to make it a 4-1 game.

Ryan Yarbrough — just reinstated before the game — was back in the Knick of time — pitching 5 strong innings of 1-run ball to keep the Yankees in it. But Mark Leiter Jr. and Camilo Doval each allowed a run late for the final score.

“I thought his stuff was good,” said manager Aaron Boone afterwards about Schlittler. “Credit a lot of really good at bats. I thought his stuff was good — he was in the strike zone, using his cutter, using his breaking ball. The fastball had better life to me than it did last time.

“It really started from jump — he strikes out Springer but Springer has a really tough, good at-bat against him,” continued Boone. “Same with Barger. Vladdy gets the hit and then Bo has the long at bat where he’s spoiling tough pitches, then breaks his bat but stays through the ball and just kind of dumps it down the line. 40 pitches in that 1st. They handled some pitches they had to handle and made it really long on him.”

“They drive nice cars too,” added Boone later on. “That’s who they are as an offense. They’re a really good offense. Us and them — that’s two really good offenses going at it.”

CC Sabathia was being interviewed on the YES broadcast during the game, and had a suggestion for Schlittler: develop and use the 2-seam sinker early in the count. Let great lineups get themselves out.

NY drops to 82-59, and falls 4 games back of Toronto, but still 0.5 ahead of Boston who also lost. Toronto is now 82-59.

1. Blue Jays Hit the Shit Out of Schlittler

Schlittler didn’t shit the bed, or stink up the joint — he pitched well — in fact Pitching Ninja got him for 2 highlights in the 1.2 innings he threw.

But the Toronto lineup — a tough lineup — went in with a good game plan on him and just kept knocking singles off him.

The game began with George Springer working an 8-pitch at bat before Schlittler struck him out swinging, and then Addison Barger working a 6-pitch at bat before Schlittler struck him out swinging.

But with 2 outs, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled, Bo Bichette doubled him home, Daulton Varsho singled, Alexandro Kirk walked, and Lukes singled in 2 runs for a 3-0 Toronto lead.

Schlittler finally got the 3rd out — Ernie Clement popping out to 1st — but Gausman got the Yanks out 1-2-3 on 9 pitches and Schlittler was right back on the mound for the 2nd.

Schlittler Strikes Out Springer — Umps Rule Hit-by-Pitch

Schlittler got a ground out — but then struck out George Springer on a 2-2, 98-MPH inside fastball — but the umps ruled it hit a thread that was hanging off his batting glove. It was called a hit-by-pitch — yet another call went against the Yankees.

Schlittler then went 0-2 on Addison Barger, but Barger kept fouling off pitches and worked a 10-pitch walk. Vlad Guerrero Jr. followed with a single to left — a looper that Cody Bellinger “Just Missed” making a great catch on — and Bo Bichette hit a sac fly for a 4-0 game.

And that was it for Schlittler — who was relieved at 66 pitches.

2. Yarbrough Back in the Knick of Time

In came Ryan Yarbrough — just re-instated after a 3-month stay on the injured list — and he got the final out of the inning — and the next 6 batters in a row, throwing a 1-2-3 inning in the 3rd and 4th.

It looked like maybe the Yanks had a chance to come back with Yarbrough pitching.

The headline was starting to write itself — “Revenge Is a Dish Best Served… Yarbrough” — as the Yanks had picked up Yarbrough earlier this season after he had been released by the Blue Jays, and he pitched so well as a starter for NY.

Yarbrough allowed a solo HR to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leading off the 5th — but then continued to get outs — pitching a shutout 6th and 7th. Another tremendous outing by Yarbrough.

Yarbrough got help from Ryan McMahon at 3rd who continues to make Graig Nettles -esq plays.

3. Stanton HR the Lone Yankee Run

Meanwhile Giancarlo Stanton got the Yankees back a run with 1 out in the 2nd with a BLAST to the back of the bullpen in left off Gausman for a 4-1 game.

4. Gausman Gasses Yanks

But alas that was it for the Yankee offense against Gausman, who was on his game — baffling the Yanks with his 96-MPH fastball, 84-MPH splitter, and 81-MPH slider mix — getting lots of quick outs.

After the Stanton HR, Gausman retired 11 in a row — pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Gausman walked McMahon leading off the 6th but then got fly out, fly out, groundout to end that inning.

He started tiring in the 7th — a leadoff single by Aaron Judge and 1-out single by Giancarlo Stanton in a 5-1 game gave the Yanks their only rally of the night (besides the Stanton HR).

But Gausman got tough and struck out Jazz Chisholm Jr. and got Paul Goldschmidt on an easy fly.

Gausman pitched the 8th too — the Yanks couldn’t even build his pitch count — and allowed but a 2-out single to Trent Grisham before getting Ben Rice to end the evening and his night, up 6-1 at that point.

5. Ballgirl Makes Great Play

One of the best defensive plays of the night was by the Yankee ballgirl in right field — who snared a foul liner in the bottom of the 4th

6. Leiter & Doval Allow a Run Each

Mark Leiter Jr. pitched the 8th, and allowed a run on a walk, strikeout, RBI double by Ernie Clement, and strike out.

Camilo Doval pitched the 9th, and allowed a run on a fly out, foul out, single to Guerrero, walk to Bo Bichette, and RBI double by Varsho. Toronto 7 NY 1 and many Yankee fans were headed to the exits on the Beautiful Friday night.

7. Fisher Shuts Down NY in the 9th

24-year-old, 6’4 righthander Braydon Fisher pitched the 9th for Toronto — walking Judge to leadoff the inning but getting Cody Bellinger to pop out and Giancarlo Stanton to hit into a double play for the old ballgame.

Etcetera

During the game, a foul ball in Philly went viral — as a guy grabbed the ball for his son, fair and square — but a lady demanded it from him thinking she was sitting closer to it.

Afterwards, another angle surfaced:

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401697021

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