The Toronto Blue Jays dropped their first game in many moons on Friday night as a late lead slipped out of their hands against the New York Yankees. A 3-0 lead fell apart with a 4-run New York eighth, capped off by a Carlos Beltran gut-punch to right field.
It’s the end of a record-tying run for the Blue Jays, but if you weren’t entertained by this game, baseball isn’t the sport for you. Toronto took a heartbreaker here, but fought hard through the final out. Now 0.5 games back of the Yanks in the AL East, the Jays will look to take back the division this weekend in front of two sell out crowds. No time like the present to start a new streak…
Game notes:
Edwin Encarnacionmade his return to the lineup in this one after missing some time with a nagging finger injury. He continues his impressive second half by picking up a double, and his health will be important as the Blue Jays head to Philadelphia for two games without a DH early next week.
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The Blue Jays made a ninth-inning push with a walk from Chris Colabello followed by a Kevin Pillar single. After Cliff Pennington took over for Colabello, both runners eventually advanced on a wild pitch with Ben Revere at the dish. After Revere went down swinging, which is a rarity, Troy Tulowitzki’s epic 12-pitch battle with Andrew Miller ended in a strikeout. Tulo wasn’t happy about a called strike earlier in the count, and you can’t blame him.
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