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    Aaron Judge delivers walk-off homer for Yankees, first to reach 10 dingers this season

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    Aaron Judge gave the New York Yankees exactly what they needed on Tuesday night.

    Judge hit a three-run walk-off homer off Toronto Blue Jays reliever Jordan Romano to give the Yankees a 6-5 win and their 14th win in 16 games. The hard-hitting Yankees slugger also became the first major leaguer this season to reach 10 home runs on the year.

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    Yankees’ Aaron Judge hits a three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    “It’s a weird feeling. You hear the crowd going crazy and you see the bench, you see guys jumping over the railing,” Judge said. “A special moment you get to share with them.”

    New York was down 5-3 going into the ninth.

    Blue Jays outfielder George Springer hit a leadoff homer and Lourdes Guirriel Jr. ripped a tie-breaking double in the eighth inning that helped the Blue Jays take a lead.

    Yankees’ Aaron Judge celebrates with teammates at home plate after hitting a walk-off three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    Romano then walked Jose Trevino and D.J. LeMahieu before Judge’s home run.

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    “Everybody knows who Aaron Judge is,” New York starter Luis Severino said after the game, via MLB.com. “In ’17, he should have won MVP that year, no doubt about it. He is a great hitter, a great player. In situations like tonight, you know that Aaron Judge is going to come through.”

    Aaron Judge gestures to fans after the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-5, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    Toronto had a 3-0 lead thanks in part to Santiago Espinal’s early two-run double. Blue Jays starter Yusei Kikuchi held the Yankees to five hitless innings before he was replaced by Yimi Garcia.

    Giancarlo Stanton tied the game with a three-run home run off Garcia.

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    New York is now tied for the major-league lead with 21 wins.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

    Blue Jays beat Yankees, end New York’s 11-game win streak

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    Jordan Romano stranded the bases loaded in the ninth inning, making Vladimir Guerrero Jr.‘s tiebreaking single stand up as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees 2-1 Wednesday night to end New York’s winning streak at 11.

    Matt Chapman homered and Yusei Kikuchi (1-1) allowed a run over a season-high six innings for Toronto, which narrowly held on.

    Giancarlo Stanton hit a one-out single off Romano in the ninth and was replaced by pinch-runner Tim Locastro, who advanced to second on Josh Donaldson’s hit. Aaron Hicks struck out and Joey Gallo walked to load the bases for Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who grounded out to end it.

    Romano leads the majors with 12 saves in 13 tries. Toronto avoided being swept in the three-game series.

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    Toronto Blue Jays’ Matt Chapman runs the bases after hitting a home run against the New York Yankees during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Toronto.  (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

    New York’s 11-game run was its longest since a 13-game streak from Aug. 14 to 27, 2021.

    “Winning 11 in a row, that’s no small task,” Donaldson said. “It doesn’t matter who you’re playing.”

    Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected by plate umpire Marty Foster for arguing balls and strikes during Aaron Judge’s at-bat in the eighth. Foster upset Judge after calling him out on a low strike in the sixth.

    “We’re playing for a lot,” Boone said. “I just felt like there were a couple there in situations that didn’t go our way.”

    Boone and Foster exchanged heated words before the Yankees manager exited the dugout. One pitch later, Judge struck out swinging to end the inning.

    “He stood up for us and stood up for me and I appreciate it,” Judge said.

    Hicks said Foster’s inconsistent calls were tough to take

    “Those balls are low to Judge,” Hicks said. “Especially in a big situation like that, we need a solid strike zone. Those are things that are tough to swallow, especially in big situations like that and a guy like that at the plate.”

    Boone said he didn’t believe he’d done anything during the argument that would warrant additional discipline from the league.

    “I was pretty mad out there,” he said. “Hopefully not a suspension or anything. I kept it in control somewhat.”

    Judge finished 0 for 3 with a walk and three strikeouts, fanning three times for the second straight night. He went hitless for just the second time in 14 games.

    Kikuchi won for the first time in five starts with Toronto. He walked one and struck out a season-high seven.

    “Stuff-wise, he was good,” Boone said. “He was throwing hard. He flashed a good changeup, the cutter was a good pitch for him.”

    Yankees batters swung and missed 15 times against Kikuchi, the most swings and misses he’s generated in a single start this season.

    “If he throws strikes, he’s going to get people out,” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said.

    David Phelps got one out in the seventh but left after issuing back-to-back walks, and Tim Mayza came on and retired the next two batters. Yimi Garcia worked the eighth.

    Toronto improved to 10-3 in one-run games. The Blue Jays lead baseball with 10 one-run victories.

    Gallo returned to the lineup after missing the past three games because of a tight left groin and homered on the first pitch he saw from Kikuchi in the third.

    Gallo’s homer was his third and New York’s major league-leading 35th.

    Chapman opened the scoring in the second with a leadoff blast off left-hander Nestor Cortes. The homer was Chapman’s fifth.

    Bo Bichette hit a two-out double in the third and Guerrero broke the deadlock with his single.

    Cortes (1-1) allowed two runs and four hits in four innings. He walked four and struck out three.

    “The command wasn’t there today,” Cortes said.

    New York lost for the second time in 17 games when hitting at least one home run.

    ROSTER MOVES

    The Blue Jays selected RHP Casey Lawrence from Triple-A Buffalo and optioned LHP Andrew Vasquez to Triple-A. To make room for Lawrence on the 40-man roster, INF Gosuke Katoh was designated for assignment.

    NEW HOME FOR HOLLAND

    LHP Derek Holland tweeted that he signed a minor league deal with Toronto. A 13-year veteran, Holland went 3-2 with a 5.07 ERA in 39 games with Detroit last season. He has also pitched for Texas, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and both the Chicago Cubs and White Sox.

    TRAINER’S ROOM

    Blue Jays: OF Teoscar Hernández (strained left oblique) went 1 for 3 and struck out twice in his second rehab game at Class-A Dunedin. Hernández could rejoin the Blue Jays in Cleveland on Thursday.

    UP NEXT

    Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole (2-0, 3.00) starts Friday as the Yankees return home for the opener of a three-game series against Texas. RHP Glenn Otto (1-0, 2.89) starts for the Rangers

    Blue Jays: RHP José Berríos (2-0, 4.13) starts Thursday in the opener of a four-game series in Cleveland. RHP Aaron Civale (0-2, 10.67) goes for the Guardians.

    Aaron Judge homers as Yankees beat Blue Jays for 11th straight win

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    A big blast from Aaron Judge put the surging New York Yankees on the path to yet another win.

    Judge homered and drove in three runs, Jameson Taillon allowed one run in six innings, and the Yankees extended their streak to 11 games by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 on Tuesday night.

    Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run home run in the ninth, his fifth of the season. New York leads the MLB with 34 home runs this season, including 23 in the past 11 games.

    “Everything is clicking,” Stanton said. “Timely hitting, the pitching has been great. We’ve just got to keep it going.”

    Judge’s game-tying solo homer in the sixth inning was his ninth of the season, pulling him even with teammate Anthony Rizzo for the big-league lead.

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    New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge (99) reacts after striking out against the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Toronto.  (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

    “It definitely pumped some life into us,” manager Aaron Boone said of Judge’s 427-foot shot into the second deck.

    Judge has 13 RBIs in his past five games, adding a two-run double in New York’s six-run seventh inning.

    Taillon (2-1) allowed five hits, walked none, and struck out four to win his second straight decision.

    “I thought that’s the best he’s thrown the ball since he’s been here, stuff-wise,” Boone said. “It’s really exciting what he’s doing.”

    Josh Donaldson and Marwin Gonzalez each had RBI doubles and Aaron Hicks reached base four times as the Yankees improved to 18-6. It’s the seventh time in franchise history that New York has won 18 of its first 24 games.

    New York’s winning streak also is the longest in the majors this season (the Yankees won 13 straight games from Aug. 14 to 27 last year).

    Toronto, meanwhile, snapped a streak of 32 games without consecutive losses, dating back to Sept. 24, 2021. The Blue Jays also lost a series for the first time this season.

    Toronto went 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position and left seven on base.

    “We’re cold, but we’re going to get it going at some point,” manager Charlie Montoyo said.

    One of New York’s runs in the seventh came when home plate umpire Ron Kulpa ruled Gonzalez had evaded a tag from Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in a rundown between third and home. Replays appeared to show Guerrero did tag Gonzalez, but Toronto had already lost its challenge earlier in the inning.

    Boone said he presumed Gonzalez would be out, and was watching the other runners to see if they could advance.

    “I just saw him twisting and turning,” Boone said of Gonzalez. “Next thing I know, he’s shaking our hands.”

    After two of the first three batters reached against Blue Jays right-hander Alex Manoah, he retired 15 straight batters, striking out six.

    Hicks got a one-out single in the sixth, but was thrown out trying to steal second with Judge at the plate. Two pitches later, Judge hit his game-tying home run.

    “That was a huge homer,” Taillon said. “He got all of that one. It definitely lifted everyone up a little bit.”

    Adam Cimber (4-1) replaced Manoah in the sixth and gave up RBI doubles to Donaldson and Gonzalez.

    Julian Merryweather replaced Cimber but didn’t retire any of the four batters he faced. After Gonzalez scored on Jose Trevino’s fielder’s choice, Hicks hit an RBI single and Judge followed with a two-run double.

    TWO-TIMING

    Stanton was on base twice in the seventh but didn’t collect a hit. Stanton reached on Bo Bichette’s throwing error to start the frame and later walked.

    BAWLING FOR A BALL

    A man in a Blue Jays cap picked up Judge’s home run ball and briefly held his arms aloft in celebration, then handed it over to a young boy in a Yankees cap and Judge T-shirt one row behind. Overcome with emotion, the boy started crying and gave the man a hug.

    “That’s what’s special about this game, man,” Judge said when told about the exchange. “It doesn’t matter what jersey you wear, everybody is a fan, everybody appreciates this game. That’s pretty cool. I’ve got to check out that video. That’s special.”

    FAREWELL, FOWLER

    Veteran OF Dexter Fowler asked for and was granted his release from Toronto’s Triple-A team, the Buffalo Bisons. Fowler, who signed a minor-league deal with the Blue Jays on March 31, is now a free agent. He went 5 for 12 with three RBI in three games with the Bisons.

    TRAINER’S ROOM

    Yankees: OF Joey Gallo (tight left groin) sat for the third straight day. Gallo left Saturday’s game at Kansas City in the fifth.

    Blue Jays: OF Teoscar Hernández (strained left oblique) homered on the second pitch he saw in his first rehab game at Class-A Dunedin. Hernández added a double and finished 2 for 4 with two RBIs.

    UP NEXT

    Yankees LHP Nestor Cortes (1-0, 1.31) starts Wednesday’s series finale against Blue Jays LHP Yusei Kikuchi (0-1, 5.52).

    Yankees have been ruined by analytics

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    The Yankees are off to an underwhelming 5-5 start to the 2022 season and many fans have been left scratching their heads wondering who they should blame. Yankees GM Brian Cashman said during the offseason the team needed improvement and the Yankees managed to acquire Josh Donaldson and Isiah-Kiner-Falefa via trade and re-signed Anthony Rizzo. 

    Those moves haven’t paid off thus far and now fans are split:

    Half the fanbase thinks the Yankees’ lackluster offense is bad luck, while the rest chalks the .500 start to a mediocre roster. This is what happens when analytics are abused in baseball. No one knows who to blame or who’s deserving of credit.

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    New York Yankees’ Aaron Hicks watches his two-run home run during the second inning of the team’s baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in New York.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    After 10 games, the Yankees are averaging a measly three runs per game. That’s not going to get it done, even while the pitching staff dominates. Many Yankees fans believe manager Aaron Boone’s unwillingness to stick to one lineup has caused some of the inconsistencies we’ve seen. 

    That may be true, but another stag is that the best players either don’t play or slot in unexplainable locations in their lineup. There’s just no rhyme or reason for certain players to be hitting where they are.

    The most consistent offensive talent the Yankees had since 2017, DJ LeMahieu, slid down to fifth in a struggling offensive unit? Analytics did that. The geeks in that front office showed Aaron Boone a graph that proves using some obscure formula that doesn’t win games to convince him DJ LeMahieu is no longer worthy of his usual role at lead-off. Old school fans of baseball would use their common sense by noticing LeMahieu hit .327 in 2019, .364 winning the American League batting title in 2020, and then had a down 2021 nursing a sports hernia — clearly foreshadowing a bounce back 2022 yet the Yankees let a bunch of nerds in khaki cargo shorts with acne convince them OPS+ and wRC matter more.

    Analytics are awesome when properly applied. They’re destroying the Yankees because boneheads populate that front office.

    Take this garbage take as an example for how geeks are taking over. And not serviceable geeks, either. Nerds that never admit they’re wrong:

    “Joey Gallo is good at baseball,” the tweet reads.

    Gallo hit .160 for the Yankees last season with 13 home runs in his 228 plate appearances. He then followed that up with a 10-game 2022 appetizer hitting .138 in his 35 plate appearance somehow being homer-less and striking out 11 times. Anyone with a brain would look at those numbers or watching the games and say ‘he’s struggling so maybe we should look elsewhere for production?’ Analytics nerds can watch every inning of that performance and walk away convinced he’s a productive hitter. It’s a problem and the Yankees need to address it.

    New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge shares a laugh with teammates during a spring training baseball workout, Monday, March 14, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

    Last night’s Yankees lineup looked like this:

    1. Aaron Hicks
    2. Aaron Judge
    3. Josh Donaldson
    4. Giancarlo Stanton
    5. DJ LeMahieu
    6. Gleyber Torres
    7. Kyle Higashioka
    8. Isiah Kiner-Falefa
    9. Tim Locastro

    Normally they’d plug Gallo in the five spot that serves as a human sink hole. Just an automatic out to follow Stanton, which obviously changes the way the 2017 NL MVP is pitched. But let’s discuss this lineup. Hicks is hitting .333 and is known by Yankees fans currently as being the hottest and arguably the most surprising hitter on the young season, so him at lead-off is acceptable. Aaron Judge earned his spot in the lineup based on his recent track record of MVP-level success. Donaldson plugged in at third is where the problems begin. The former MVP is batting .200, turned 37-years old this year, and isn’t a better hitter than two players hitting behind him in the lineup. Why? Analytics is the only explanation.

    We move on to Giancarlo Stanton rightfully hitting fourth in the lineup followed by the most steady bat on the team: DJ LeMahieu. Penciling in your best contact hitter fifth is nothing short of unregulated lunacy. Any analytic that suggests this is a smart baseball move should lose all credibility. And last but not least, we’ll group Torres, Higashioka, Kiner-Falefa and Locatro as one: an abyss of unlimited outs. Zero contributions are coming from this group. And that’s an odd observation to make when the owner of the team, Hal Steinbrenner, suggested during spring training this team was a “title contender.” Keep dreamin’, Hal.

    Brian Cashman, general manager and senior vice president of the New York Yankees, announces that the team failed to secure a multi-year deal with right fielder Aaron Judge (99) before their opening day baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Friday, April 8, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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    Yes, I’m aware there’s only so many ways you can polish a turd, but at some point the Yankees need to hire a manager that will hit their best players in order. Staggering talent to try and protect Stanton at the four spot is just stupid baseball no matter what any graph says. Want protection? Sign better players so the talent you do have can be properly deployed. We still expect this pitching staff to carry the bombers to a wildcard birth, at worst. But they can do so much better in the right hands. They should’ve never fired Joe Girardi. Turning away from old school mentalities was the Yankees’ undoing.

    Aaron Hicks’ bat, glove lead Yankees past hot-hitting Blue Jays

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    Aaron Hicks hit a go-ahead two-run homer and made a jumping catch in his first left-field start in four years, leading the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 on Tuesday night.

    New York scored first for the first time in five games this season when Hicks drove a 2-0 slider from Yusei Kikuchi (0-1) into the right-center field seats in the second inning, Hicks’ first home run since last April 30.

    “I hit it well but I didn’t think it was going to go out,” Hicks said. “I thought I might be able to get it off the wall or at least be able to have a sacrifice fly.”

    Nestor Cortes and four relievers combined on a five-hitter, quieting a Blue Jays’ offense that produced 23 runs and 38 hits in the first four games.

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    New York Yankees’ Aaron Hicks watches his two-run home run during the second inning of the team’s baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in New York.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    Hicks, who didn’t play after May 12 last year because of wrist injury that needed surgery, had not started in left since Sept. 29, 2017.

    With two outs and none on in the second, the Yankees moved second baseman Gleyber Torres to near the left-field line with Matt Chapman at the plate as part of a four-man outfield that saw Hicks stationed in left-center.

    Hicks took a step in and made a slight jump for the catch.

    “Just my first route, it was kind of shaky in the beginning, but once I started to get a little bit more comfortable out there, it was all right, ” Hicks said. “The four-man outfield kind of messed me up but overall, I felt like it was pretty good.”

    “About gave me a heart attack there,” manager Aaron Boone said with a laugh. “The four-man worked well there because we were well-positioned, but I think he misread it and turned it into a good catch to hang on.”

    Then in the bottom half, the switch-hitter’s drive from the right side of the plate ended the Yankees’ 15-inning scoreless streak.

    Cortes allowed three hits in 4 1/3 innings, struck out five and walked none. The fastest of his 72 pitches was 93.6 mph.

    “It’s fun to compete against them,” Cortes said. “They’re really good hitters. I respect them and I just go out there and do a job.”

    Clay Holmes (1-0) followed with 1 2/3 hitless innings, Miguel Castro worked around a two-hit error in the seventh and Jonathan Loáisiga needed one pitch to retire Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to strand two in the eighth.

    Aroldis Chapman, throwing at up to 100.8 mph, struck out two in the ninth.

    New York added a run in the fourth when DJ LeMahieu scored from second on a throwing error by catcher Tyler Heineman, whose pickoff attempt sailed over Guerrero at first and into right field.

    Giancarlo Stanton hit a 116.2 mph sacrifice fly in the eighth.

    Kikuchi, making his Blue Jays debut after signing a $36 million, three-year deal contract, gave up three runs — two earned – and five hits in 3 1/3 innings.

    “Obviously I would have liked to go deeper in the ballgame,” Kikuchi said through a translator. “I feel like I fell behind in the count often early but for the most part I just feel like I wanted go deeper in the ballgame.”

    Left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. made a leaping catch on Aaron Judge in front of the fence after Josh Donaldson opened the game with a walk. Donaldson was thrown out at the plate by right fielder Teoscar Hernández’s one-hop throw on Anthony Rizzo’s double.

    ON THE FARM

    SS Anthony Volpe, the 30th overall pick in the 2019 amateur draft, was 0 for 3 with three strikeouts in his home debut with the Double-A Somerset Patriots of the Eastern League. He is off to a 3 for 15 start,

    TRAINER’S ROOM

    Blue Jays: C Danny Jansen (strained left oblique) will be out “multiple weeks” manager Charlie Montoyo said. … RHP Ryan Borucki (strained right hamstring) threw 30 pitches in a simulated game at the spring training complex in Dunedin. Florida. … RHP Nate Pearson (mononucleosis) threw from 90 feet.

    YANKEES: An MRI on LHP Jordan Montgomery’s knee came back clean and he is expected to make his next start Friday in Baltimore. Montgomery was hit on a knee by Xander Bogaerts’ 103 mph comebacker Sunday.

    UP NEXT

    Blue Jays: RHP José Berríos (0-0, 108.00 ERA) retired one of the seven batters he faced, allowing four runs and three hits Friday against Texas. He threw 34 pitches in the shortest outing of his career.

    Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole (0-0, 6.75) allowed all three runs before getting a single out and pitched four innings Friday against Boston. “I just had a lot of adrenaline and kind of spun my tires there for a minute, so I needed to find the rhythm and tempo to kind of stay within myself a little,” Cole said Tuesday.

    Aaron Hicks’ bat, glove lead Yankees past hot-hitting Blue Jays

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    Aaron Hicks hit a go-ahead two-run homer and made a jumping catch in his first left-field start in four years, leading the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 on Tuesday night.

    New York scored first for the first time in five games this season when Hicks drove a 2-0 slider from Yusei Kikuchi (0-1) into the right-center field seats in the second inning, Hicks’ first home run since last April 30.

    “I hit it well but I didn’t think it was going to go out,” Hicks said. “I thought I might be able to get it off the wall or at least be able to have a sacrifice fly.”

    Nestor Cortes and four relievers combined on a five-hitter, quieting a Blue Jays’ offense that produced 23 runs and 38 hits in the first four games.

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    New York Yankees’ Aaron Hicks watches his two-run home run during the second inning of the team’s baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in New York.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    Hicks, who didn’t play after May 12 last year because of wrist injury that needed surgery, had not started in left since Sept. 29, 2017.

    With two outs and none on in the second, the Yankees moved second baseman Gleyber Torres to near the left-field line with Matt Chapman at the plate as part of a four-man outfield that saw Hicks stationed in left-center.

    Hicks took a step in and made a slight jump for the catch.

    “Just my first route, it was kind of shaky in the beginning, but once I started to get a little bit more comfortable out there, it was all right, ” Hicks said. “The four-man outfield kind of messed me up but overall, I felt like it was pretty good.”

    “About gave me a heart attack there,” manager Aaron Boone said with a laugh. “The four-man worked well there because we were well-positioned, but I think he misread it and turned it into a good catch to hang on.”

    Then in the bottom half, the switch-hitter’s drive from the right side of the plate ended the Yankees’ 15-inning scoreless streak.

    Cortes allowed three hits in 4 1/3 innings, struck out five and walked none. The fastest of his 72 pitches was 93.6 mph.

    “It’s fun to compete against them,” Cortes said. “They’re really good hitters. I respect them and I just go out there and do a job.”

    Clay Holmes (1-0) followed with 1 2/3 hitless innings, Miguel Castro worked around a two-hit error in the seventh and Jonathan Loáisiga needed one pitch to retire Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to strand two in the eighth.

    Aroldis Chapman, throwing at up to 100.8 mph, struck out two in the ninth.

    New York added a run in the fourth when DJ LeMahieu scored from second on a throwing error by catcher Tyler Heineman, whose pickoff attempt sailed over Guerrero at first and into right field.

    Giancarlo Stanton hit a 116.2 mph sacrifice fly in the eighth.

    Kikuchi, making his Blue Jays debut after signing a $36 million, three-year deal contract, gave up three runs — two earned – and five hits in 3 1/3 innings.

    “Obviously I would have liked to go deeper in the ballgame,” Kikuchi said through a translator. “I feel like I fell behind in the count often early but for the most part I just feel like I wanted go deeper in the ballgame.”

    Left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. made a leaping catch on Aaron Judge in front of the fence after Josh Donaldson opened the game with a walk. Donaldson was thrown out at the plate by right fielder Teoscar Hernández’s one-hop throw on Anthony Rizzo’s double.

    ON THE FARM

    SS Anthony Volpe, the 30th overall pick in the 2019 amateur draft, was 0 for 3 with three strikeouts in his home debut with the Double-A Somerset Patriots of the Eastern League. He is off to a 3 for 15 start,

    TRAINER’S ROOM

    Blue Jays: C Danny Jansen (strained left oblique) will be out “multiple weeks” manager Charlie Montoyo said. … RHP Ryan Borucki (strained right hamstring) threw 30 pitches in a simulated game at the spring training complex in Dunedin. Florida. … RHP Nate Pearson (mononucleosis) threw from 90 feet.

    YANKEES: An MRI on LHP Jordan Montgomery’s knee came back clean and he is expected to make his next start Friday in Baltimore. Montgomery was hit on a knee by Xander Bogaerts’ 103 mph comebacker Sunday.

    UP NEXT

    Blue Jays: RHP José Berríos (0-0, 108.00 ERA) retired one of the seven batters he faced, allowing four runs and three hits Friday against Texas. He threw 34 pitches in the shortest outing of his career.

    Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole (0-0, 6.75) allowed all three runs before getting a single out and pitched four innings Friday against Boston. “I just had a lot of adrenaline and kind of spun my tires there for a minute, so I needed to find the rhythm and tempo to kind of stay within myself a little,” Cole said Tuesday.

    George Springer answers boos with HR, 3 hits, leads Jays over Yanks

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    Greeted by boos at Yankee Stadium, George Springer responded with the type of racket he and his Toronto Blue Jays are ready to make.

    Springer hit a go-ahead, two-run homer and an RBI double, and the Blue Jays made three dazzling defensive plays to beat New York 3-0 Monday night.

    Toronto is off to a 3-1 start after missing the playoffs last year despite a 91-71 record.

    “I think that the world is probably a little bit behind what we thought, but we’ve always been confident in what we can do,” shortstop Bo Bichette said. “We’ve known that we had an ability to make some noise for a few years internally. Obviously, we didn’t. But I think this is the first year that people are kind of on board.”

    Bichette made two sparkling plays, Teoscar Hernández had a great grab in right field and Alek Manoah (1-0) allowed one hit over six innings.

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    Toronto Blue Jays’ George Springer, right, celebrates with third base coach Luis Rivera as he runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Monday, April 11, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    “Those little things, that’s how you win games,” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. “They’re just kids, so they’re just going to get better little by little.”

    Springer remains targeted by fans for his time on the 2017 championship Houston Astros, found guilty by Major League Baseball of stealing signs with an unauthorized camera.

    Fans booed Springer before and during each at-bat, and he finished a triple short of the cycle in the leadoff spot. No. 9 batter Santiago Espinal had three singles for the Blue Jays.

    “I’m concentrating on the stuff that I can control, which is the swings and all that stuff,” Springer said.

    Manoah permitted only Joey Gallo’s opposite-field single with one out in the second. The 24-year-old right-hander struck out seven and worked around four walks, helping the Blue Jays extend their Yankee Stadium winning streak to five.

    He pitched six shutout innings of two-hit ball to win his major league debut in the Bronx last May 27.

    “It’s the mecca,” Manoah said. “You kind of want to come in, you want to play hard. There’s a lot of fans here and it’s just an exciting ballpark to play in and something you dream of as a kid.”

    Springer followed Espinal’s third-inning single by pulling a slider from Jameson Taillon (0-1) into the left-field seats for his second homer in two days. Espinal hit a two-out single in the seventh and scored when Springer sliced a fastball to the opposite field for a double on two hops to the right-field wall.

    Manoah loosened up before the game with a football, then mixed 44 fastballs, 22 sliders, 18 sinkers and 15 changeups, getting five swings and misses on fastballs, four on sliders and three on changeups.

    He walked the bases loaded in the third before Giancarlo Stanton hit a broken-bat grounder to Bichette, who made a backhand pickup and off-balance throw to first from the edge of the outfield grass.

    Hernández slid to grab Kyle Higashioka’s looper into short right field with two on in the seventh after Gleyber Torres’ leadoff single off Trevor Richards and Aaron Hicks’ walk.

    Espinal, shifted to the left side of second, ranged back to the right side of second to glove pinch-hitter Josh Donaldson’s 106 mph grounder against Adam Cimber. Espinal flipped to Bichette, who made an acrobatic, 360-degree turn at second and threw to first for an inning-ending double play.

    Jordan Romano finished the four-hitter for his third save and 26th in a row dating to last season, and the Yankees lost their second straight after opening with two wins. Of the seven times New York was shut out last year, two were against Toronto.

    Taillon became the first Yankees pitcher to last five innings, allowing five hits with six strikeouts and no walks.

    “They made a couple big plays when they did get in trouble, but for the most part Manoah was in control,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.

    EXTRA BASSES

    Yankee Stadium has a bit of a club vibe during batting practice. A bass speaker has been installed at the front of each dugout.

    DYE IS CAST

    Vladimir Guerrero Jr. took batting practice with a tie-dye colored bat. He wasn’t sure what brand. “Somebody just put it in my locker. I just grabbed it,” he said through a translator.

    LONG DISTANCE

    While Michael Kay and David Cone were in the YES broadcast booth at Yankee Stadium, Paul O’Neill called the game from home in Ohio due to family issues, the network said.

    TRAINER’S ROOM

    Blue Jays: C Danny Jansen was put on the 10-day IL with a strained left oblique muscle. LHP Anthony Kay was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo, C Tyler Heineman selected from the International League club, LHP Tayler Saucedo was optioned to Buffalo and OF Josh Palacios was designated for assignment.

    Yankees: LHP Jordan Montgomery has “some swelling that’s kind of moved around the knee” after getting hit by Xander Bogaerts’ 103 mph comebacker Sunday, Boone said.

    UP NEXT

    LHP Nestor Cortes (2-3, 2.90 ERA in 2021) starts for the Yankees on Tuesday night and LHP Yusei Kikuchi (7-9, 4.41) for the Blue Jays.

    Stanton likely to miss opening day with strained right calf

    New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton will likely miss opening day because of a strained right calf, another significant injury for a team that was beset by health problems last season.

    Manager Aaron Boone said Stanton was hurt near the end of defensive drills on Tuesday. An MRI found a Grade 1 strain.

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    “It will probably put us against it a little bit,” Boone said Wednesday. “I would say it’s time for him to get back, but then getting built up and stuff. We’ll see.”

    The announcement came a day after New York said All-Star pitcher Luis Severino needed Tommy John surgery and would miss the entire season. Slugger Aaron Judge and lefty James Paxton already had been slowed this spring by injuries.

    The Yankees put a major league-record 30 players on the injured list last year, with Stanton missing most of the season.

    Asked if felt snake-bitten, Boone replied “No.”

    The AL East champion Yankees open on March 26 at Baltimore.

    Stanton played in just 18 games due a number of injuries last season, batting .288 with three homers in 59 at-bats. He hit 38 homers in his first year with the Yankees in 2018, one year after a going deep a career-high 59 times in 2017 with the Miami Marlins.

    Boone feels Stanton will be able to take advantage of replicating at-bats from last year’s rehab assignments and indoor work.

    “So, I feel like from a hitting standpoint, he saw a lot of reps last year for being in a way a lost season,” Boone said.

    The outfielder/designated hitter signed a $325 million, 13-year contract after the 2014 season.

    “It’s disappointing because you want to get guys going and built up,” Boone said. “But it’s just a little bump in the road and we’re equipped to handle it.”

    Boone doesn’t know if Stanton’s latest injury will mean more time at DH.

    “We’ll have those conversions as he gets healthy and going,” Boone said. “See what it all looks like.”

    TANAKA TIME

    Masahiro Tanaka gave up two runs and two hits over two innings Wednesday against the Washington Nationals in his first start since arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow.

    Tanaka had bone spurs removed on Oct. 23.

    “A couple pitches obviously that I need to clean up but overall for the most part I liked how most of my pitches we’re coming out from my hand,” Tanaka said through a translator. “I also liked that how I was able to make adjustments in the moment.”

    Stanton likely to miss opening day with strained right calf

    New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton will likely miss opening day because of a strained right calf, another significant injury for a team that was beset by health problems last season.

    Manager Aaron Boone said Stanton was hurt near the end of defensive drills on Tuesday. An MRI found a Grade 1 strain.

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    “It will probably put us against it a little bit,” Boone said Wednesday. “I would say it’s time for him to get back, but then getting built up and stuff. We’ll see.”

    The announcement came a day after New York said All-Star pitcher Luis Severino needed Tommy John surgery and would miss the entire season. Slugger Aaron Judge and lefty James Paxton already had been slowed this spring by injuries.

    The Yankees put a major league-record 30 players on the injured list last year, with Stanton missing most of the season.

    Asked if felt snake-bitten, Boone replied “No.”

    The AL East champion Yankees open on March 26 at Baltimore.

    Stanton played in just 18 games due a number of injuries last season, batting .288 with three homers in 59 at-bats. He hit 38 homers in his first year with the Yankees in 2018, one year after a going deep a career-high 59 times in 2017 with the Miami Marlins.

    Boone feels Stanton will be able to take advantage of replicating at-bats from last year’s rehab assignments and indoor work.

    “So, I feel like from a hitting standpoint, he saw a lot of reps last year for being in a way a lost season,” Boone said.

    The outfielder/designated hitter signed a $325 million, 13-year contract after the 2014 season.

    “It’s disappointing because you want to get guys going and built up,” Boone said. “But it’s just a little bump in the road and we’re equipped to handle it.”

    Boone doesn’t know if Stanton’s latest injury will mean more time at DH.

    “We’ll have those conversions as he gets healthy and going,” Boone said. “See what it all looks like.”

    TANAKA TIME

    Masahiro Tanaka gave up two runs and two hits over two innings Wednesday against the Washington Nationals in his first start since arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow.

    Tanaka had bone spurs removed on Oct. 23.

    “A couple pitches obviously that I need to clean up but overall for the most part I liked how most of my pitches we’re coming out from my hand,” Tanaka said through a translator. “I also liked that how I was able to make adjustments in the moment.”

    Stanton: I would have hit 80-plus homers if I knew pitches

    New York Yankees star Giancarlo Stanton imagined having the advantage the Houston Astros gained in their scam.

    “If knew what was coming in ’17, I probably would have hit 80-plus home runs,” he said Wednesday.

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    Stanton agreed with teammate Aaron Judge that the Astros should be stripped of their 2017 World Series title and that they kept on cheating during the 2019 season.

    Major League Baseball concluded the Astros used a video camera to steal catcher’s signs in 2017, including during the postseason, and in 2018.

    “They did their investigation and it was clear-cut that they cheated that year, which means it should be taken away,” Stanton said. “If you cheat in another way during the season, you can’t even be in the playoffs. It’s pretty much the same difference.”

    Houston owner Jim Crane said at a news conference last week he wasn’t sure how much of an advantage the sign stealing was for his team.

    Houston beat the Yankees in a seven-game AL Championship Series in 2017, winning all four home games, and defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in a seven-game World Series.

    Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended for one season each, then were fired by the team. Houston was fined $5 million and stripped of its next two first- and second-round draft picks.

    Commissioner Rob Manfred said Sunday he wasn’t 100% sure the Astros didn’t violate rules in 2019 but it was his best judgment that they didn’t. The Yankees were beat in the ALCS by Houston.

    “I don’t think you really stop until you get caught in something like that,” Stanton said.

    Astros players were not disciplined by MLB.

    “I don’t think the penalties were harsh enough player-wise,” Stanton said. “At the end of the day it gives more incentive to do that if you’re not going to punish the players.”

    Stanton felt the Astros did a “very poor job of bringing their side to it” when they attempted to explain what happened.

    “We know that they really don’t care to give an apology or explain their side, and it showed by their response,” Stanton said. “You know the repercussions of doing something like that. You’re really only sorry because you got caught. You have all this whirlwind of which you’ve got to deal with, not the actual action.”

    Stanton, limited to just 18 games last season due to a variety of injuries that included his knee and quadriceps, said he is fully healthy.

    “No limitations,” Stanton said. “Just be smart with the workload getting back into it.”