Toronto 4, NY Yankees 3
When: 1:07 PM ET, Sunday, August 31, 2014
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
77°
Umpires:
Home -
Chad Fairchild, 1B -
Ben May, 2B -
Mike Everitt, 3B -
Bill Miller
Attendance:
45678
By SportsDirect Inc.
Blue Jays 4, Yankees 3: Jose Bautista homered in his fifth straight game, going back-to-back with Melky Cabrera to spark a comeback as host Toronto claimed the rubber match of the three-game series.
Edwin Encarnacion also clubbed a solo homer and Munenori Kawasaki delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning as the Blue Jays moved within five games of the American League's second wild card. J.A. Happ (9-8) went seven innings for the victory, allowing three runs on nine hits while striking out six, and Casey Janssen stranded the tying run at third for his 20th save.
Brett Gardner led off the game with a homer and finished a single shy of the cycle for New York, which completed a 3-4 road trip but remained 3 ½ games back of Detroit for the second wild card. Brandon McCarthy (8-14) was charged with four runs on five hits over six-plus innings to absorb his second straight defeat and batterymate Francisco Cervelli contributed two hits and an RBI.
McCarthy took a two-hit shutout and a three-run lead into the sixth, but it quickly fell apart after he retired the first two batters. Cabrera launched a homer into the second deck in right and Bautista followed with a blast to deep left-center to cut it to 3-2.
Encarnacion tied it with a leadoff shot in the seventh before Dioner Navarro drew a walk to chase McCarthy in favor of Dellin Betances. Pinch runner Steve Tolleson stole second and scored the decisive run on Kawasaki's single to right, barely sliding under the tag of Cervelli.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Bautista's career-best five-game homer streak is the second-longest in franchise history, behind Jose Cruz's six-game string in 2001. ... ... Retiring Yankees SS Derek Jeter, who made the final out to fall to 1-for-18 lifetime against Janssen, was honored before the game in his final appearance at Rogers Centre and presented a vacation package to an exclusive resort in the Canadian Rockies. ... ... CF Jacoby Ellsbury (ankle) was not in the lineup for second straight game but extended his hitting streak to seven games with a pinch-hit double in the ninth for the Yankees, who open a nine-game homestand against Boston on Tuesday. Toronto begins a three-game set Tuesday at Tampa Bay.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
NY Yankees
|
11 |
1 |
21 |
.297 |
14 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Toronto
|
7 |
3 |
16 |
.233 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |