TORONTO — The Yankees obtained a glimpse of life with out Juan Soto throughout a tough dwelling collection in opposition to the Dodgers earlier this month, when the outfielder missed three video games with a sore proper forearm. They’ll solely hope his present absence will likely be shorter in length.
With Soto watching from the dugout bench, his injured proper hand hidden within the pocket of a hooded sweatshirt, New York misplaced for the tenth time in 13 video games. Nestor Cortes allowed three early runs earlier than the bullpen opened the floodgates, with the Blue Jays handing the Bombers a 9-3 loss on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre.
Soto was scratched from the lineup about 20 minutes earlier than the scheduled first pitch with what the membership introduced as a bruised proper hand, sustained on a slide into dwelling plate on Friday night. The membership despatched him for preliminary imaging throughout Sunday’s recreation.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in six runs for the Blue Jays, together with a two-run homer within the first inning off Cortes and a bases-clearing double dealing with Caleb Ferguson within the sixth. Toronto despatched 10 males to the plate in that body, with Phil Bickford permitting 5 of the seven batters he confronted to achieve base.
Cortes remained winless on the highway this season, falling to 0-4 with a 5.63 ERA in 9 begins away from Yankee Stadium. Cortes is 4-3 with a 1.84 ERA in 9 begins at dwelling.
The Yanks have been largely silenced by Chris Bassitt, regardless of a first-inning Aaron Choose liner that struck the right-hander’s pitching arm. Bassitt remained within the recreation, holding New York to an unearned run on six hits over six innings, placing out eight with two walks.
Choose picked up his Main League-leading eightieth RBI with a run-scoring single within the fifth inning. The play scored Anthony Volpe, who reached after being shaken up at first base, tumbling to the turf after making contact with Justin Turner as the primary baseman tried to corral an errant throw.
