The Yankees recorded just four hits, dropping the first game of their series against the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-1, on Friday night in the Bronx.
Here are the takeaways…
— Cam Schlittler struck out the first two hitters of the game before allowing a single to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who came around to score from first on Bo Bichette's double down the left field line. The 24-year-old soon found himself in a bases loaded situation and let up a two-run single to Nathan Lukes as Toronto took a 3-0 lead. He finally escaped the first inning on a pop out, throwing a career-high 40 pitches in the frame.
Schlittler got the first out in the second inning, but the Blue Jays loaded the bases again and Bichette drove in another run on a sac fly to make it a 4-0 game. That would be all for the rookie after 66 pitches as manager Aaron Boone came out to make a pitching change. Schlittler's final line: four runs on five hits with two walks, a HBP, and two strikeouts over 1.2 IP.
— Giancarlo Stanton, back in the DH spot,cut into the Toronto lead in the bottom of the second inning with a solo blast to left field off Kevin Gausman as the Yanks trailed, 4-1. The home run had an exit velocity of 112.7 mph and traveled 418 feet. He finished with two of the team's four hits.
— Playing right field for the first time since July 26, Aaron Judge fielded Lukes' bloop single in the first inning and made a short throw to Jazz Chisholm Jr. His next play defensively came in the fifth inning as some miscommunication with Chisholm allowed Bichette's hit to drop. He later caught a fly ball from Ernie Clement for the first out in the top of the sixth inning. At the plate, Judge went 1-for-3 with a walk.
— LHP Ryan Yarbrough replaced Schlittler on the mound and got through the fourth inning without allowing a hit. He let up a solo homer to Guerrero to lead off the fifth inning as the Blue Jays took a 5-1 lead. The lefty retired the next three hitters and got some help from Ryan McMahon to end the fifth as the third baseman snagged Lukes' hard grounder. Yarbrough stayed in the game and tossed a 1-2-3 sixth inning, followed by a four-batter seventh inning.
Overall, the lefty allowed one run on three hits over 5.1 IP (73 pitches) with three strikeouts.
— After a leadoff walk and wild pitch, Mark Leiter Jr. let up a RBI-double to Clement in the eighth as the Blue Jays added to their lead. Camilo Doval allowed another run to cross in the ninth on Daulton Varsho's two-out double, making it a 7-1 game.
Game MVP: Kevin Gausman
The Blue Jays starter dominated the Yankees bats, holding them to just three hits over 7.0 IP. He struck out five and allowed one run on Stanton's HR.
Guerrero gets the honorable mention with a 4-for-5 performance, including a solo homer.
Highlights
Aaron Judge's first outfield throw in over a month went to the cutoff man pic.twitter.com/UZ0XLRdXS5
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) September 5, 2025
Giancarlo Stanton homers to get the Yankees on the board! pic.twitter.com/yXLZkNRKTN
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) September 6, 2025
What's next
The Yankees and Blue Jays continue their three-game series on Saturday at 1:05 p.m.
Luis Gil (2-1, 3.68 ERA) takes on veteran Chris Bassitt (11-7, 4.10 ERA).
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