NEW YORK \u2013 Trey Yesavage outpitched Cam Schlittler in a marquee matchup between young aces, and the Toronto Blue Jays edged the New York Yankees 2-1 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Following a rain delay that lasted more than two hours, the right-handers traded zeros until the seventh inning \u2014 when Toronto loaded the bases with nobody out on an infield single, a walk and a bunt single. <\/p>\n
Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez then fouled off seven pitches, five with two strikes, before drawing an 11-pitch walk that scored Ernie Clement and chased Schlittler. One out later, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. lofted a sacrifice fly against Jake Bird to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n
Yesavage (2-1) allowed just two hits and walked none while striking out eight over six shutout innings. The 22-year-old, who retained his rookie status after throwing 14 regular-season innings last year, has a 1.07 ERA in five starts after missing the first month this season due to a right shoulder impingement.<\/p>\n
Three of his strikeouts came against Aaron Judge, who fanned all four times up.<\/p>\n
Mason Fluharty, Jeff Hoffman and Tyler Rogers combined for six outs before the Yankees threatened against Louis Varland in the ninth. He gave up two hits and Paul Goldschmidt\u2019s run-scoring comebacker before striking out Amed Rosario with a 99 mph fastball to earn his sixth save.<\/p>\n
Schlittler (6-2) allowed eight hits and two walks with seven strikeouts as his major league-leading ERA rose to 1.50.<\/p>\n
It was the first time Yesavage and Schlittler have squared off after both authored dominant performances as rookies in the playoffs last year. Schlittler threw eight innings in a 4-0 win over rival Boston in the decisive game of their AL Wild Card Series to advance New York to the Division Series against Toronto, where Yesavage tossed 5 1\/3 hitless innings with 11 strikeouts in a Game 2 victory.<\/p>\n
The start of this one was delayed by rain at the start for 2 hours, 11 minutes.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
LHP Carlos Rod\u00f3n (0-1, 5.63 ERA) pitches for the Yankees in Thursday\u2019s series finale. The Blue Jays hadn’t announced a scheduled starter, though RHP Spencer Miles (1-0, 2.55) is expected to pitch the bulk of the innings in some capacity.<\/p>\n
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