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05/21 00:18 CDT Trey Yesavage outduels Cam Schlittler in marquee matchup as
Blue Jays top Yankees 2-1
Trey Yesavage outduels Cam Schlittler in marquee matchup as Blue Jays top
Yankees 2-1
By JERRY BEACH
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Trey Yesavage outpitched Cam Schlittler in a marquee matchup
between young aces, and the Toronto Blue Jays edged the New York Yankees 2-1 on
Wednesday night.
Following a rain delay that lasted more than two hours, the right-handers
traded zeros until the seventh inning --- when Toronto loaded the bases with
nobody out on an infield single, a walk and a bunt single.
Andrs Gimnez then fouled off seven pitches, five with two strikes, before
drawing an 11-pitch walk that scored Ernie Clement and chased Schlittler. One
out later, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. lofted a sacrifice fly against Jake Bird to
make it 2-0.
Yesavage (2-1) allowed just two hits and walked none while striking out eight
over six shutout innings. The 22-year-old rookie has a 1.07 ERA in five starts
after missing the first month this season due to a right shoulder impingement.
Three of his strikeouts came against three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge, who fanned
all four times up.
Mason Fluharty, Jeff Hoffman and Tyler Rogers combined for six outs before the
Yankees threatened against Louis Varland in the ninth. He gave up two hits and
Paul Goldschmidt's run-scoring comebacker before striking out Amed Rosario with
a 99 mph fastball to earn his sixth save.
The 25-year-old Schlittler (6-2) permitted eight hits and two walks with seven
strikeouts as his major league-leading ERA rose to 1.50.
It was the first time Yesavage and Schlittler have squared off after both
authored dominant performances as rookies in the postseason last year.
Schlittler struck out 12 over eight innings in a 4-0 win against rival Boston
in the decisive game of their AL Wild Card Series to advance New York to the
Division Series versus Toronto, where Yesavage tossed 5 1/3 hitless innings
with 11 strikeouts in a Game 2 victory over the Yankees.
The start Wednesday night was delayed by rain for 2 hours, 11 minutes.
Blue Jays right fielder Jess Snchez was shaken up in the seventh after diving
for Goldschmidt's bloop single. Snchez left the game but simply had the wind
knocked out of him and is day-to-day, manager John Schneider said.
Up next
LHP Carlos Rodn (0-1, 5.63 ERA) pitches for the Yankees in Thursday's series
finale. The Blue Jays hadn't announced a scheduled starter, though RHP Spencer
Miles (1-0, 2.55) is expected to pitch bulk innings in some capacity.
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