Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Kevin Gausman silenced the Yankees batters Friday in New York, helping his team win 4-0.
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The gunner thus took advantage of the setbacks of his rivals to add a layer and inflict them a 14th defeat in their last 18 duels. The only Canadian formation of major baseball thus removed the first two duels of a series which counts four between these two rivals of the East section of the American.
Gausman (9-9) finally gave up his place on the mound after seven innings, having passed as many batters in the mitt, allowing only four hits and one walk.
Offensively, Teoscar Hernandez scored the visitors’ most productive strike. In the fourth inning, the outfielder expelled an offering from Jameson Taillon out of the field, while Alejandro Kirk was on the trails.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. produced the winning run when he grounded shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa, pushing Whit Merrifield to the plate in the third inning.
Danny Jansen (sacrifice fly) produced the other run for his team, in the ninth turn at bat.
Both teams will continue their series on Saturday. Mitch White (1-3) is expected to be manager John Schneider’s right-hand man on the mound, while the Jays hitters will have the daunting task of taking on Gerrit Cole (9-5).
Sandoval cuffs the Tigers
In Detroit, Los Angeles Angels pitcher Patrick Sandoval (4-8) was no joke as he shut out the Tigers while going a full game in a 1-0 victory for his team.
The 25-year-old stomped the crowd’s favorite hitters for nine innings, putting nine of them in the dust and allowing only four strikes to the safety.
In the opposing camp, Matt Manning (0-1) will not have much to reproach himself for, but the defeat went to his record even if he gave up only one point, a long ball awarded to Jared Walsh in the second inning. He was finally retired after seven innings on the mound, having given up only three hits and one walk, while striking out six opponents.
Elsewhere in Major League Baseball
In Chicago, the Cubs’ batters were the victims of 14 strikeouts, but also had 10 hits and eight runs in an 8-7 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
