{"id":1522694,"date":"2022-06-19T08:04:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T12:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1522694"},"modified":"2022-06-19T08:05:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T12:05:29","slug":"yankees-shutout-blue-jays-as-win-streak-reaches-nine-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yankees-shutout-blue-jays-as-win-streak-reaches-nine-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Shutout Blue Jays as Win Streak Reaches Nine Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyankees-shutout-blue-jays-as-win-streak-reaches-nine-games%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1522694&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Stop the fight.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees this week were facing what was supposed to be the biggest test of the first half of the season with a pair of series against the Rays and Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p>After sweeping the Rays in The Bronx, the Yankees have a chance to do the same to the Blue Jays after beating them 4-0 on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd of 45,055 at Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n<p>With their ninth straight win, the Yankees improved to 16-1 since June 9 and widened their lead in the AL East to 12 games over second-place Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re now a major league-best 49-16, trailing only three teams in MLB history (since 1901) through 65 games: the 1912 Giants, 2001 Mariners and 1939 Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if we saw this kind of record to start [the year], but we knew we were in a good spot,\u2019\u2019 said Jameson Taillon, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/18\/yankees-jameson-taillon-stifles-blue-jays-offense-again\/\">who threw 5 \u00b2\/\u2083 scoreless innings<\/a> and struck out a season-high eight in the win.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1241389552.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Aaron Hicks reacts after his three-run double. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt seems like we show up every day and we expect to win. Last year, obviously, we wanted to win every day, but to put together a streak like this \u2026 we expect to find a way to win that night and there\u2019s a confidence within the group that we\u2019re gonna find a way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>As usual, there was an different contributor to this victory \u2014 namely Aaron Hicks, whose three-run double off Alek Manoah in the fourth inning provided the early offense.<\/p>\n<p>Taillon had walked one or fewer in each of his first 12 starts this year, so it was a surprise when he issued a leadoff walk to George Springer in the bottom of the first inning.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander pitched around the free pass and then got out of a jam in the second, stranding a pair of runners.<\/p>\n<p>He then retired eight straight, giving the offense time to finally find some success against Manoah, who entered the game 2-0 with a 1.52 ERA over 23 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings in four career starts against the Yankees, including one run in a dozen innings in a pair of outings earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p>Manoah allowed just one baserunner over the first three innings, but the Yankees got to him in the fourth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-4.jpg\" alt=\"Jameson Taillon pitches Saturday during the Yankees&#039; win over the Blue Jays.\" class=\"wp-image-22720048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jameson Taillon pitches Saturday during the Yankees\u2019 win over the Blue Jays. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aaron Judge grounded out to start the inning before Anthony Rizzo drew a walk. Gleyber Torres followed with a single and Joey Gallo whiffed for the second out.<\/p>\n<p>Isiah Kiner-Falefa then beat out an infield hit to short to load the bases and extend the inning.<\/p>\n<p>That brought up the struggling Hicks, who had followed up three straight multi-hit games by going 1-for-14 with six strikeouts in his next five games.<\/p>\n<p>Hicks had entered the game just 5-for-40 with runners in scoring position. Facing Manoah, however, Hicks delivered a bases-clearing double to right that gave the Yankees a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-5.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Hicks connects on a three-run double in the fourth inning.\" class=\"wp-image-22720059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BASEBALL-MLB-TOR-NYY_-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Aaron Hicks connects on a three-run double in the fourth inning. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe got hits when we needed them,\u2019\u2019 Hicks said. \u201cTo be able to produce, especially when I\u2019ve had a hard time with men in scoring position \u2026 it felt good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taillon gave up a leadoff double to Raimel Tapia in the fifth inning, but struck out the next three.<\/p>\n<p>Torres doubled to open the sixth inning. Tapia got a glove on the ball in left, but it popped out and hit the wall. Torres moved to third on a flyout by Gallo and scored on Kiner-Falefa\u2019s double to left to make it 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jays threatened in the bottom of the inning, as Taillon walked Springer again and Bo Bichette singled to left to bring up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Taillon went to a full count against Guerrero before getting him to fly out to shallow left.<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Kirk\u2019s fly to deep center got Springer to third and Michael King came on to face Teoscar Hernandez and got him looking.<\/p>\n<p>King tossed two shutout innings in relief of Taillon before Clay Holmes got the final out of the eighth and pitched the ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes snapped Mariano Rivera\u2019s franchise record with his 29th straight scoreless appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 Stop the fight. 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