Yesavage Outduels Schlittler. Toronto 2 NY 1

May 21, 2026 paperbacklou 2026 0
Cam Schlittler pitched a shutout into the 7th, but was nickel-and-dimed for 2 runs on an infield hit, a botched defensive play, and 2 walks. He loses to go 6-2 1.50.

In a pitchers’ duel between two young Ace’s, Trey Yesavage out-dueled Cam Schlittler for a 2-1 Toronto win on a Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium — the game delayed 2 hours at its start by torrential thunderstorms.

It was a 0-0 tie into the 7th inning, when Schlittler tired a bit — and was hurt by 2 walks, a very soft grounder, and the Yankee defense.

Ernie Clement led off the inning with a little dribbler down 3rd for a swinging-bunt infield single. Schlitter then walked a batter, and was hurt by his defense when Paul Goldschmidt and Austin Wells both tried to field a bunt 5 feet from home plate — their hands colliding as Goldschmidt got to it a split-second earlier — the ball dropping for bases loaded and nobody out.

Schlittler then walked in a run in an epic 11-pitch at bat by Andres Gimenez — on a 3-2 pitch that “just” missed (the Yankees losing a challenge). Schlittler was relieved by Greg Bird — who got an out at home on a grounder, but allowed a sac fly to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for a 2-0 Yankee lead.

The Toronto bullpen did the rest — the Yanks scored a run in the 9th, but Amed Rosario struck out with the tying run on 2nd and the Blue Jays had the 2-1 win.

So in fairness the pitchers’ duel was really a tie — as Yesavage didn’t pitch in the 7th — and after 6 it was a 0-0 tie. But Yesavage got the win to go 2-1 1.07. Schlittler falls to 6-2 1.50.

“Obviously ran out of gas a little bit there,” said manager Aaron Boone about Schlittler in the 7th. “Kind of a swinging bunt to start things, then the walk, then a kind of a perfect bunt that we were playing aggressively on and unable to make that play — so that loads them up — and Gimenez put a really good at bat on him, when he was at or near the end there.”

NY falls to 30-20, 4 games back of Tampa which won again. Toronto improves to 22-27.

1. Schlittler Fantastic

“I thought he threw the ball really well,” said Boone about Schlittler, who hit 100 MPH on his four-seam fastball several times and filled up the strikezone for 6 shutout innings.

The Jays did get some hits off of Schlittler. He:

  • Allowed a leadoff single in the 1st by George Springer, erased on a double play,
  • Pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 2nd,
  • Allowed a leadoff single in the 3rd — stranded at 2nd as Schlittler struck out the last 2 batters of the inning,
  • Allowed a leadoff single in the 4th by Guerrero — stranded as Schlittler struck out the next 3 batters,
  • Allowed 2 singles sandwiched in between 3 outs in the 5th,
  • Pitched around a 1-out double in the 6th by Daulton Varsho — getting a strikeout and fly out to end the inning.

2. Yesavage Fantastic

“He was for the most part filling up the strike zone,” said Boone about Yesavage. “Throwing strikes; unique angle; good stuff; mixed fastball, slider and split really well. I thought we had a few good swings against him, but for the most part he was executing.”

3. Schlittler Defeated by Serendipity, Defense & 2 Walks in 7th

Then came the 7th — when Ernie Clement led off with the infield single off a swinging bunt.

Then came the walk, the botched bunt by Goldschmidt and Wells, and the 11-pitch-at-bat by Gimenez that resulted in a walk and Toronto 1-0 lead.

Jake Bird came in and got George Springer to hit a grounder to McMahon at 3rd, who threw home for a force out. But Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a sac fly to right for a 2-0 Toronto lead, before getting the final out by striking out Varsho.

4. Toronto Bullpen Tough

Mason Fluharty relieved Yesavage to start the bottom of the 7th, and allowed consecutive singles with 1 out to Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Paul Goldschmidt.

But Jeff Hoffman came in and got Amed Rosario to fly out and McMahon to ground out to end the threat.

Tyler Rogers pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 8th to keep the score 2-0 Toronto.

5. Yovanny Great in Debut

Yovanny Cruz came in for his MLB debut in the bottom of the 8th — and proceeded to retire all 6 men he faced for a shutout 8th and 9th. Cruz is a 26-year-old, 6’0 righthander who has spent 8 years in the minors.

6. Yanks Get Run in 9th But Fall Short

Louis Varland came in for the save. He struck out Aaron Judge to start the 9th — the 4th time Judge struck out on the night.

Cody Bellinger however, doubled, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with a single and NY had a rally going with 1st and 3rd and 1 out in a 2-0 game.

Paul Goldschmidt grounded out to the pitcher to score a run and make it 2-1, Chisholm moving to scoring position at 2nd base.

But Varland struck out Rosario swinging for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401815424

 

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