Alek Manoah (1-0) allowed a shot in six appearances, Joey Gallo’s single in the opposite field with an out in the second, improving his six outs with two hits in his debut in the Bronx Grand Championship last May, on May 27th. The 24-year-old right-hander hit seven and made about four walks, helping the Blue Jays extend their winning streak at Yankee Stadium to five. Springer remains the target of fans for his time in the 2017 Houston Astro Championship, who was found guilty by Major League Baseball of stealing license plates with an unauthorized camera. Fans booked Springer before and during each at-bat, and he finished a three-pointer from the circle in the first spot. The No. 9 hit Santiago Espinal had three singles for the Blue Jays. Springer followed Espinal’s third single by pulling a slider from Jameson Taillon (0-1) into the left field for his second hostage in two days. Espinal scored a single-out in the seventh and scored when Springer cut a quick ball into the opposite field for a double with two jumps on the wall of the right court. Manoah relaxed before the game with a football, then shuffled 44 fastballs, 22 sliders, 18 sinkers and 15 changeups, winning five swings and fastballs, four sliders and three substitutions. Manoah walked to the bases that were loaded in the third before Giancarlo Stanton hit a broken bat to stop Bo Bichette, who made a backhand pickup and threw off balance on the first from the edge of the pitch off the field. Right-back Teoscar Hernández slipped to grab Kyle Higashioka’s short ball on the short right with two goals in the seventh after Gleyber Torres’s single-off by Trevor Richards and Aaron Hicks walking. Espinal, shifted to the left side of the second, bounced back to the right side of the second to cope with Josh Donaldson’s 106 mph against Adam Cimber. Espinal turned to Bichette, who made a 360-degree acrobatic turn in the second and threw in the first for an inning-ending double play. Jordan Romano completed the block for his third save and the Yankees lost the second in a row after the start with two wins. Of the seven times New York was eliminated last year, two were against Toronto. Taillon became the Yankees’ first pitcher to hold five innings, allowing five hits with six hits and no walking. EXTRA BASES Yankee Stadium has a bit of a club atmosphere during batting training. A bass speaker is installed at the front of each dugout. THE PAINT IS CAST Vladimir Guerrero Jr. practiced hitting with a colored bat. He was not sure what brand. “Someone put it in my closet. “I just grabbed it,” he said through a translator. BIG DISTANCE While Michael Kay and David Coon were at the YES broadcast booth at Yankee Stadium, Paul O’Neill called the match from home in Ohio because of family problems, the network reported. COACH ROOM Blue Jay: Danny Jansen was placed on the 10-day IL with a stretched left oblique muscle. LHP Anthony Kay was recalled from the Triple-A Buffalo, C Tyler Heineman was selected from the International League, LHP Tayler Saucedo was selected from the Buffalo and OF Josh Palacios was nominated. Yankees: LHP’s Jordan Montgomery “has some swelling that moved a bit around the knee” after being hit by Xander Bogaerts winner 103 mph on Sunday, said director Aaron Boone. NEXT LHP Nestor Cortes (2-3, 2.90 in 2021) starts for the Yankees on Tuesday night and LHP Yusei Kikuchi (7-9, 4.41 in 2021) for the Blue Jays.
