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06/12 21:35 CDT Okamoto and Springer homer to help the Blue Jays beat the
Yankees 8-5
Okamoto and Springer homer to help the Blue Jays beat the Yankees 8-5
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Kazuma Okamoto and George Springer homered, Alejandro Kirk had
three hits and two RBIs in his return from injury and the Toronto Blue Jays
beat the New York Yankees 8-5 on Friday night.
Kirk went 3 for 3 with a walk after missing 62 games because of a fractured
left thumb. He scored and drove in two runs.
Cody Bellinger homered for the Yankees, his 10th, but New York's four game
winning streak was snapped.
Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham left in the sixth inning because of right
hamstring tightness. Grisham walked off after sliding into second base on his
two-RBI hit against Mason Fluharty. Max Schuemann ran for Grisham.
Trey Yesavage (3-3) allowed four hits and five runs in five-plus innings to win
for the first time in four starts. He walked six and struck out three.
Louis Varland pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 12th save in 12 chances.
Okamoto hit a 423-foot drive into the upper deck in the first, his team-leading
14th. Springer homered for the first time since May 23 with a two-out drive in
the second, his sixth.
Both homers came off left-hander Ryan Weathers (2-5), who allowed a season-high
six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings. Weathers has given up seven home runs
in his past three starts, all losses.
Okamoto became the 10th player in Blue Jays history to homer into the upper
deck at Rogers Centre, which opened in 1989. No Toronto player had done it
since Josh Donaldson in May 2017.
Toronto is 12-6 when hitting two or more home runs.
New York loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth, with Braydon Fisher
escaping by getting Ryan McMahon to fly out.
Up next Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (7-3, 1.87 ERA) was scheduled to start Saturday RHP Kevin Gausman (4-4, 3.60). __ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Up next Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (7-3, 1.87 ERA) was scheduled to start Saturday RHP Kevin Gausman (4-4, 3.60). __ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
