Final
Stroman sharp as Blue Jays best Yankees
Jun 24, 2014 - 5:54 AM Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - With Adam Lind driving in four runs to back eight stellar innings from Marcus Stroman, the Toronto Blue Jays opened a three-game series with the New York Yankees by producing an 8-3 rout at Rogers Centre.Stroman (4-2) yielded just three hits and a walk while striking out seven in the rookie's longest -- and most impressive start of his young career. His only blemish came on a Mark Teixeira solo homer in the fourth inning.
"Actually getting going was fine, it's the slowing down," Stroman said of his start.
Even with regulars Jose Bautista and Brett Lawrie out of the lineup, the Blue Jays gave Stroman more than enough support by abusing New York's Chase Whitley for seven runs over the first two innings, with Lind delivering a three-run homer and an RBI single to lead the way.
Dioner Navarro added two hits and two RBI and Melky Cabrera finished 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored for Toronto, which had dropped five of its last six and were swept by the Yankees in New York a week ago.
Whitley (3-1) lasted 3 1/3 innings, surrendering eight runs on 11 hits and three walks in his worst performance of the season.
"I couldn't command the ball at all," Whitley said. "I couldn't execute the pitches I wanted to throw."
Stroman threw 98 pitches in only 3 2/3 innings in losing to the Yankees last Tuesday, but was much more economical and efficient in this start. The right- hander set down 11 of the first 12 New York batters before Teixeira got a hold of an 0-2 changeup for the Yankees' lone highlight until the ninth inning.
He was working with a comfortable 7-0 lead at that point, however, after Whitley gave up hits to nine of the first 13 Toronto hitters and 10 overall through two very rough innings.
He escaped with just one run allowed in the first, when Lind followed a Cabrera double with an RBI single to right center. Juan Francisco, Munenori Kawasaki and Anthony Gose smacked consecutive base hits to begin the bottom of the second, though, opening the floodgates for a six-run frame.
Francisco scored on Jose Reyes' fielder's choice grounder and Cabrera found a hole with a base hit that plated Kawasaki for a 3-0 advantage. Lind then crushed a slider that landed well clear of the wall in straightway center to tack on three more runs.
Toronto wasn't finished, as Edwin Encarnacion singled and raced home on a Navarro double to increase the margin to 7-0.
Whitley got through the third without any trouble, but walked Lind and Encarnacion in succession in the fourth. That set up another Blue Jays' run when Navarro later laced a single to center.
Stroman allowed just two baserunners after Teixeira's blast, permitting a walk to Brett Gardner in the sixth and a single to Ichiro Suzuki in the eighth.
The Yankees did reach Chad Jenkins for a pair of runs in the ninth, with Yangervis Solarte recording an RBI single and Kelly Johnson knocking in one with a two-out double.
Game Notes
Encarnacion finished 3-for-4 ... Cabrera has now produced multiple hits in five of his last six outings and owns a 20-game hitting streak against New York, the first player to do so versus the Yankees since Miguel Cabrera from 2006-10 ... Lawrie, who fractured his finger Sunday in Cincinnati, was placed on the 15-day disabled list prior to the game, while Bautista sat out with a strained left hamstring ... The Yankees had won all of Whitley's five previous starts on the road ... Reyes ended 0-for-4 and has just one hit in his last 24 at-bats.
- NEW YORK: 3
TORONTO: 8
Final
Jun 23 9:54 PM - Kelly Johnson double to left scored Carlos Beltran. On the play, Yangervis Solarte advances to third. Runners on second and third with two outs and Brian Roberts due up.
Yankees 3, Blue Jays 8 Top 9, 2 OutsJun 23 9:51 PM - Yangervis Solarte single to center scored Francisco Cervelli. On the play, Carlos Beltran advances to second. Runners on first and second with one out and Brian McCann due up.
Yankees 2, Blue Jays 8 Top 9, 1 OutJun 23 9:47 PM - Dioner Navarro single to center scored Adam Lind. On the play, Edwin Encarnacion advances to second. Runners on first and second with one out and Juan Francisco due up.
Yankees 1, Blue Jays 8 Bot 4, 1 OutJun 23 8:27 PM - Mark Teixeira two-out, solo Home Run (13) to center. Brian McCann due up.
Yankees 1, Blue Jays 7 Top 4, 2 OutsJun 23 8:16 PM - Dioner Navarro double to center scored Edwin Encarnacion. Runner on second with two outs and Juan Francisco due up.
Yankees 0, Blue Jays 7 Bot 2, 2 OutsJun 23 7:50 PM - Adam Lind one-out, three-run Home Run (4) to center scored Jose Reyes and Melky Cabrera. Edwin Encarnacion due up.
Yankees 0, Blue Jays 6 Bot 2, 1 OutJun 23 7:45 PM - Melky Cabrera single to left scored Munenori Kawasaki. On the play, Jose Reyes advances to third. Runners on first and third with one out and Adam Lind due up.
Yankees 0, Blue Jays 3 Bot 2, 1 OutJun 23 7:44 PM - Jose Reyes grounded into a fielder's choice, second to short scored Juan Francisco. On the play, Anthony Gose out at second and Munenori Kawasaki advances to third. Runners on first and third with one out and Melky Cabrera due up.
Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2 Bot 2, 1 OutJun 23 7:40 PM - Adam Lind single to right scored Melky Cabrera. Runner on first with one out and Edwin Encarnacion due up.
Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1 Bot 1, 1 OutJun 23 7:19 PM - NEW YORK: 0
TORONTO: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Jun 23 7:08 PM
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