Kevin Kiermaier reached on a fielder’s choice then George Springer and Bo Bichette drew back-to-back walks to load the bases. That brought Vladimir Guerrero Jr., to the plate with the bases loaded and two out.<\/div>\n
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Guerrero worked King to a full count but then watched a 94.7 m.p.h. sinker go by low and away for a called third strike from home-plate umpire Malachi Moore.<\/p>\n
“You’ve got a catcher yanking his glove up and down, it’s showing you that he’s trying to really work for that strike,” said Schneider. “But is it a ball? Yeah. But I mean, [Moore’s]\u00a0been spotting up for a while and, y’know, if Kevin Gausman would make that same pitch we’re pretty happy.”<\/p>\n
Toronto shortstop Bo Bichette’s sharp fielding prevented the Yankees from scoring the game’s first run in the seventh.<\/p>\n
He fired Oswaldo Cabrera’s ground ball to catcher Alejandro Kirk in time for Giancarlo Stanton to be tagged for the inning’s second out.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, the guy who was at third is not the fastest guy in the league so that probably had a say in why Bo went home,” said Gausman. “It was a huge play for us and a big out for me.”<\/p>\n
Wells broke the scoreless tie in the ninth.<\/p>\n
Torres singled off of Romano to lead off the inning to bring Wells to the plate with no outs. Wells took a 95.9 m.p.h. four-seam fastball \u2014 the first pitch he’d seen from the Blue Jays’ closer \u2014 367 feet into Toronto’s bullpen for his third home run of the season and the game’s only score.<\/p>\n
“You can’t throw fastballs down to Wells,” said Schneider. “They’re young dudes and they are trying to get the ball in the air. He just missed his location there.”<\/p>\n
Blue Jays designated hitter Brandon Belt was reinstated from the 10-day injured list before the game. He batted sixth in Tuesday’s game. Belt was out with lumbar spine muscle spasms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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