Blue Jays hit repeat button on Yankees with strong starting pitching, just enough offence


by Toronto Star

Toronto Star— Kikuchi outduels Rodon early, and Garcia gets the key outs late in the game again.

CP24—‘I just started crying:’ Blue Jays fan touched after act of kindness at recent game. Ontario resident Carla Norris-Hutcheson says she never expected to be gifted a Blue Jays jersey for her ailing husband when she sat alone at the team’s home opener next to a couple of kind strangers. She said that one minute, she was chatting away with the group of young men, and the next they handed her a gift bag with a blue George Springer jersey, her husband’s favourite, saying it was a gift to help uplift him during this difficult time in hospital. “I just started crying,” Hutcheson...

Yahoo Sports—Carlos Rodón pitches 6 strong innings and Yankees hit 4 homers in a 15-3 rout of Brewers. Carlos Rodón pitched two-hit, one-run ball through six innings and the New York Yankees hit four home runs in a 15-3 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. Alex Verdugo had a three-run homer in the first inning. Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo added two-run shots in the sixth that put New York up 11-1.

Sportsnet.ca—Nothing working for Blue Jays' offence during extended slump. Whatever approach the pivotal duo and their teammates try right now — be aggressive and attack early, be patient and grind — nothing seems to work.