TORONTO — Someone must take the shovel out of the Yankees’ palms.
Returning to the scene the place they have been swept out of first place three weeks in the past, the Yankees solely dug their gap slightly deeper Monday evening with a sloppy displaying within the first recreation of a showdown collection.
Oswald Peraza and Anthony Volpe made back-to-back throwing errors that scored the ultimate two runs of a four-run fifth inning that sank the Yankees in a 4-1 loss to the Blue Jays at a sold-out Rogers Centre.
Within the course of, the Yankees (55-45) dropped to a season-high 4 video games again of the Blue Jays (59-41) for first place within the AL East.
The Blue Jays have gained 11 straight video games at residence, a streak that started with a four-game sweep of the Yankees in the beginning of this month.
Carlos Rodón didn’t assist himself Monday by issuing a season-high 5 walks throughout 5 innings of labor, however his protection failed him late to show a 2-1 recreation into 4-1.
The Yankees, in the meantime, solely mustered one run in seven innings in opposition to Kevin Gausman, with Giancarlo Stanton’s solo blast within the fourth inning accounting for the one harm.
Rodón, making his first begin since throwing an inning within the All-Star Recreation final Tuesday, walked a tightrope within the early innings, escaping bases-loaded jams in two of the primary 4 frames.
He entered the underside of the fifth with a 1-0 lead, however by the top of the 40-pitch body, his evening was achieved and the Blue Jays led 4-1.
George Springer, whose bat punished the Yankees all through the final collection, led off the fifth with a full-count stroll earlier than Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drilled a bullet by the left aspect for a single.
Bo Bichette, who was nursing an damage when the groups met earlier this month, then got here by with a two-run double into the left discipline nook that put the Blue Jays up 2-1.
One out later, Rodón engaged in a 14-pitch battle with Davis Schneider that he in the end gained by inducing a pop-up.
The very subsequent pitch ought to have ended the inning. However Peraza — manning third base till the Yankees presumably discover a alternative by the commerce deadline — fielded Myles Straw’s floor ball and yanked the throw to first, permitting Bichette to attain from second for the 3-1 lead.
Leo Jiménez then hit a grounder to shortstop, the place Volpe fielded it and threw a one-hopper to Paul Goldschmidt, who practically made a backhanded scoop, just for the ball to come out of his glove.
Volpe’s league-leading twelfth error of the season allowed Straw to race residence from second to make it 4-1.
The Yankees had an opportunity to mount a comeback within the eighth inning, after they put runners on first and second with one out.
However Stanton lined out to middle earlier than Jasson Domínguez grounded out, falling deeper into an 0-for-18 skid.
