(New York) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit three long balls, including two to playmaker Gerrit Cole, in the Toronto Blue Jays’ 6-4 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.
George Springer broke the tie with a single seventh inning and the Blue Jays held off the Yankees despite homers from Anthony Rizzo, Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres.
Guerrero scored in Cole’s first inning and added a two-run hit in the third to give Toronto a 3-0 lead.
Guerrero doubled up Cole in the sixth inning and catapulted a Jonathan Loaisiga offering 443 feet of home in the eighth.
It was Guerrero’s second career three-home run, who set that record for the first time on April 27 against the Washington Nationals. He was in the waiting circle when teammate Bo Bichette was the last to go out at the top of the ninth inning, missing a chance to tie the Majors record with four long balls in a single game. .
Guerrero leads Major League Baseball with four home runs in six games, after leading the home run last season. He then managed 48 strokes from four goals.
Jordan Romano recorded a fourth defense this season after stopping the Yankees in the ninth inning. Romano has completed his last 27 rescue attempts.
Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernández left the field in the sixth inning after hitting a low ball. He was pulled from the match due to discomfort on the left side of his body.
The Yankees eliminated a 3-0 deficit after long balls from Rizzo and Judge and after DJ LeMahieu double-sided José Berríos in the sixth inning. Springer responded by hitting a single from a run in the seventh, out of Loaisiga.
Rizzo hit three homers in six games. Both Judge and Torres got their first of the season.
Cole passed six batters in the glove on five and two-thirds of the work, allowing for three runs. Three of the four hits against him came from Guerrero’s stick.
Adam Cimber (1-1) didn’t give up a run in an inning to take the win to the Blue Jays. Chad Green (0-1) walked Alejandro Kirk and Cavan Biggio crossed home on Springer’s single.
