Get used to Yankees/Blue Jays games like this, folks. These are two good teams and this game could have gone either way. Luckily for the Bronx Bombers, Gleyber Torres decided to put the team on his back today, propelling the Yankees to their 10th straight victory, 3-2. Let’s get to the details.
Defense was the story early tonight, and the Blue Jays’ defensive coaches were the undoubted stars of the top half of the second inning. After a perfectly-placed Santiago Espinal snagged a 96-mph shot off the bat of Josh Donaldson to record an easy out, he did the exact same thing to Torres, who hit a 106.