A pair of AL East rivals continue a series north of the border on the diamond. The New York Yankees are on the road for the middle game of a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday afternoon. New York played a doubleheader on the road with Detroit Thursday: they prevailed 10-4 in the opening game and followed that up with a 6-4 triumph in the nightcap. Toronto closed a three-game series at home with Boston on Thursday night, missing a chance at a sweep with a 7-4 loss. The pitching matchup for Friday’s series opener saw Masahiro Tanaka take the mound for the Yankees against the Blue Jays’ Anthony Kay. First pitch in the contest was scheduled for 7:07 pm ET.
New York Yankees Cruising to AL East Crown
New York swept a doubleheader from the lowly Tigers on the road Thursday to take that series. The Yankees entered Friday holding a 10 game edge over the Rays in the AL East race. In the opening game of the doubleheader, Edwin Encarnacion (his 34th) and Luke Voit (his 20th) each homered. J.A. Happ didn’t factor in the decision as he threw 4.2 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Chad Green (4-4) earned the win with 2.1 innings of relief: he allowed one run on one hit with no walks and two strikeouts. In the nightcap, it was Aaron Judge (his 22nd) and Gio Urshela (his 20th) going deep in the victory. CC Sabathia didn’t factor in the decision as he threw 3.1 innings: he allowed two runs on three hits with one walk and five strikeouts. Domingo German (18-4) earned the win as he threw four scoreless frames: he allowed two hits with no walks and five strikeouts. Aroldis Chapman got the final two outs for his 37th save of the year.
Just keeping the pace up. #AllRise pic.twitter.com/XKTBh4eI4d
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 12, 2019
James Paxton makes his 27th start of the season in this contest for the Yankees. He is 13-6 with a 3.96 ERA, a 1.313 WHIP, 53 walks and 175 strikeouts over 138.2 innings of work this season. Paxton picked up his eighth straight win in his last start, which came Monday on the road against the Red Sox. He threw 6.2 frames, allowing no runs on four hits with three walks and seven strikeouts as the Yankees prevailed 5-0. Paxton is 3-0 with a 0.96 ERA, a 0.80 WHIP, nine walks and 23 strikeouts over 18.2 innings in his last three starts. He is 3-3 with a 5.44 ERA, a 1.478 WHIP, 24 walks and 38 strikeouts over 44.2 innings in eight career starts against the Blue Jays. Paxton is 3-1 with a 4.30 ERA, a 1.159 WHIP, 16 walks and 25 strikeouts over 29.1 innings over five career starts at Rogers Centre.
Toronto Blue Jays Look to Continue Spoiler Role
Toronto missed a chance at sweeping Boston at home with Thursday’s defeat but still took the series. The Blue Jays entered Friday fourth in the AL East, 39.5 games behind the Yankees in the standings: they have been eliminated from playoff contention. Cavan Biggio (two runs, RBI) had three of Toronto’s seven hits in the game: no other player recorded more than one. Clay Buchholz (1-5) took the loss in his first career start against his former team: he threw four innings, allowing four runs on seven hits with a walk and four strikeouts.
Trent was a Thorn in their side 🔥@Trent_Thornton1's line: 5 IP, 7 Ks, ZERO hits! pic.twitter.com/goiiabbMLs
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) September 12, 2019
Jacob Waguespack takes the mound for his 14th appearance and 11th start of the year for the Blue Jays in this contest. He comes in 4-4 with a 4.55 ERA, a 1.326 WHIP, 24 walks and 48 strikeouts over 63.1 innings of work on the year. Waguespack took the loss in his last start, which came on the road against Tampa Bay Sunday afternoon. He threw 4.1 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits with two walks and two strikeouts in an 8-3 Toronto defeat. Waguespack is 0-3 with an 8.74 ERA, a 2.03 WHIP, nine walks and eight strikeouts over 11.1 innings in his last three starts. He didn’t factor in the decision in his lone career appearance against the Yankees, which came in relief at home on August 10. In that contest, he threw 3.2 innings, allowing three runs on three hits with three walks and two strikeouts in a 5-4 Blue Jays win. Waguespack is 2-2 with a 5.73 ERA, a 1.591 WHIP, nine walks and 15 strikeouts over 22 innings in five career appearances, three starts, at Rogers Centre. Prior to his recall to the majors, he was 2-6 with a 5.30 ERA, a 1.557 WHIP, 25 walks and 52 strikeouts over 52.2 innings in 12 appearances, 11 starts, with Triple-A Buffalo of the International League.
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September 14, 2019 at 02:03AM
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