Toronto-Giancarlo Stondon scored three runs for the club, Aaron Judge hit the wall, drove two touchdowns and the New York Yankees increased their lead over the AL wild-card table by beating 7-7 on Tuesday. 2 Blue Jays.
Geo Urshela added a solo home run and Anthony Risso scored a pair of wins and made a run for New York (90-67), which recorded its seventh consecutive victory and a wild card ticket with five games to play in Boston (88-69).
However, the Yankees suffered another injury when Jameson Dylan suffered a back injury to his ankle and was forced to leave the game in the third inning.
The Toronto (87-70) Yankees are three games behind, but have one game left from Boston to second wild-card Perth.
Stanton continued to play in the fourth game when right-handed Trevor Richards hit the pitch with two outs in the seventh inning, sending the ball to the second floor of the Bleachers on the left. This was his 35th Homer and allowed him to reach 96 RBIs.
“We play with a lot of things at risk and I think G understood that correctly,” manager Aaron Boone said.
Stanton went on to win the doubles game 2-2. He averaged .304 batting average this month with 10 homers and 25 RBI.
Since Paul O’Neill did it in 1999, he has played 13 or more RBI games in four game breaks in September.
The referee’s solo left-arm Hyun Jin Ryu (13-10) extended the season’s best series, giving the Yankees at least one home run in 19 straight games in the third inning. This is the 37th floor of the judge.
Colombian Urshela scored her 14th homer in Anthony Castro’s fifth.
For the Yankees, Venezuela Clipper Torres 4-1. Dominican Gary Sanchez 3-1. Colombia Urshela 2-2 and 4-2 with an RBI.
For Blue Jays, Dominican Teaser Hernandez 3-0; Santiago Espinal 3-0. Cuba Lourdes Curiel Jr. 4-0.
