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He has a 5.35 ERA since carrying a perfect game into the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Angels on June 2.Ĭabrera made an immediate impression in his first big league start in right field by leaping at the eight-foot wall and robbing Gurriel of a homer on the first pitch of the game by Taillon. Taillon allowed six hits and walked none with five strikeouts over five-plus innings. Teoscar Hernandez followed with a long homer to left-center - the 14th surrendered in the last 11 starts by Taillon, who gave up just six homers in his first 12 starts.ĭanny Jansen had a sacrifice fly in the ninth for the Blue Jays, who have outscored the Yankees and Baltimore Orioles 19-3 over the last three games.

had an RBI groundout in the third before Alejandro Kirk led off the fourth by singling against Jameson Taillon (11-4). Yimi Garcia threw a perfect eighth and Jordan Romano tossed a hitless ninth in a non-save situation. 'At times when the offense is struggling, we have a lot of guys who can put runs on the board with one swing, so I think at times we can get a little - I feel like we need to play the hero a little bit too much,' Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka said.

Gausman induced Isiah Kiner-Falafa to hit into a double play in between fifth-inning singles by Gleyber Torres and Oswaldo Cabrera and struck out Donaldson to strand Anthony Rizzo following a two-out single in the sixth.

The right-hander issued a one-out walk to Judge in the first and gave up a two-out single to Josh Donaldson before retiring 10 in a row. 'Kind of sounds bad to say, but we're always trying to pitch better than the guy the night before,' Gausman said. It was the third scoreless effort in four starts for Gausman (9-9), a span in which he has a 1.75 ERA. So he kind of wanted to come out and kind of make a statement and keep the ball rolling.' 'You watch 'Strip' and you watch Jose and then Kevin's about as good of a competitor as there is. 'We say hitting is contagious, pitching can be, too,' interim manager John Schneider said.

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He pitched after Ross Stripling carried a perfect game into the seventh inning Wednesday and after Jose Berrios opened the Yankees series by giving up two runs in 6 2/3 innings. Gausman allowed four hits in seven innings, striking out seven with one walk. In that span, their starting pitchers have combined to allow only one earned run in 20 innings. If we play like this, it's not going to matter anyway,' Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. 'We can talk about that - eight, nine, seven, 10 - we need to play better. New York saw its lead over second-place Toronto shrink to eight games, its smallest since June 13. 'I feel like we're pressing a little bit,' Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu said. Judge and his teammates were shut out just six times in their first 107 games. New York have been shut out three times in the last six games and five times in the last 13. The Yankees didn't get a runner beyond second base as they lost for the 14th time in 18 games. Kevin Gausman and the Toronto Blue Jays became the latest team to blank the Yankees, holding the AL East leaders to four measly singles Friday night in a 4-0 win NEW YORK - Rather than break out, Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees were shut out.

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