George Springer scored a singles tie in the seventh and Toronto held the Yankees ahead of Anthony Rizzo, Aaron Judge and Glaber Torres homers – and a fly in the eighth by the stingy Giancarlo Staan was caught. Guerrero had a big hand in this. AL’s second MVP was defeated by Cole in the first inning, he accidentally had his hand in a game in the first base in the second, then hit a line shot, two runs against Cole in the third to put Toronto at 3. – 0. He doubled Cole in the sixth – pushing Pitcher to make a show to put his cap on the 23-year-old – then took a 443-foot lead against Jonathan Loaisiga in the eighth for a 5-3 lead. It was the second match of three games in Guerrero’s career, matching a high-profile career set last April 27 against Washington. He was on deck when teammate Bo Bichette reached the final at the top of the ninth, leaving him without breaking the four-man’s major league record in a single game. Guerrero leads the big with four chips in six games, having topped the big with 48 last season. Jordan Romano made it ninth for his fourth save of the season. Turned into 27 consecutive opportunities. Even he took a hand from Guerrero – the left, who gave a sharp line from Josh Donaldson for the final exit. The Blues’ outsider, Theoscar Hernandez, left the pitch in pain after a field goal in the sixth and walked out of the game with discomfort on the left side. Guerrero seemed to have to leave in the second inning when his bare throwing hand was pressed by key runner Aaron Hicks. Guerrero had to stretch his body to throw Bichette and put his right hand behind the first base bag to balance. Hicks hit it off and finished a single in the infield. The four-year-old grand champion immediately started waving his arm around him and then proceeded to the Toronto dugout as blood dripped on his uniform and on the turf. In a show of toughness that would surely satisfy crazy hockey fans back in Toronto, Guerrero put on a coaching tape to cut his wound and returned to base a few minutes later. With a bloody stain on the right thigh of his pants, he hit the top of the third again and converted Cole’s 98 mph ball to 427 feet, two homer runs and a 3-0 lead for the Blue Jays. New York eliminated this deficit with homers Rizzo and Judge and a double by DJ LeMahieu against José Berríos in the sixth. Springer responded in the seventh with an RBI single against Loisiga. Guerrero’s first Homer was almost stolen in the center by Hicks, who jumped over the wall and had the ball in his glove for a while. He fell out when Hicks hit the wall, bounced off something beyond the home-run barrier and fell back into play. A replay confirmed that the ball went out. Rizzo has three homers in six games. Judge and Torres hit their first. Stanton’s drive in the eighth would have leveled it, but left-back Raimel Tapia caught it with his back to the wall. Cole scored six in 5 2/3 innings, leaving three rows of Guerrero’s homers. Three of the four blows against him were by Guerrero. Adam Siber (1-1) scored without a score for the victory. Chad Green (0-1) walked over to Alejandro Kirk and runner Cavan Biggio scored on Springer’s single. GOLDEN FRENCH Yankees left-back Joey Gallo received his second gold glove before the game. COACH ROOM Blue Jays: Manager Charlie Montoy says Toronto could change up to six people. RHP Ross Stripling could be linked with a start on Friday against Auckland. Yankees: LHP’s Jordan Montgomery is expected to race as scheduled on Friday in Baltimore, despite grabbing a 103 mph winner from his left knee. NEXT Yankees RHP Luis Severino (0-0, 6.00) makes his second start on Thursday, after making three appearances with a two-row ball against Boston. He will face Toronto RHP Kevin Gausman (0-0, 5.40), who is making his second start for the Blue Jays since signing a five-year, $ 110 million contract to leave San Francisco.
