Boy, what do you say about this ballclub?
After three straight nail-biters against the Rays, and facing another potential playoff team, it felt like the Yankees needed to get back to crushing the ball, and not rely on their high-leverage relief arms for a night. And, uh, that’s exactly what they did, pounding out four home runs to take game one against the Blue Jays 12-3.
This was very much one of those “they had us in the first half, not gonna lie” kind of games. Yankee hitters had more than a few really strong PAs against Ross Stripling — Giancarlo Stanton, DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres particularly working him well — they really didn’t have much to show for it.