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After a two-hour and 11-minute rain delay, the Blue Jays took down the Yankees 2-1 in a pitchers' duel. Cam Schlittler took the mound for the Yankees and faced off against Trey Yesavage. 

Schlittler faced the minimum in the top half of the first inning thanks to a 4-6-3 double play and recorded his first strikeout of the night.

Ben Rice, Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger went three up, three down in the bottom half of the inning. 

In the top of the second, Schlittler worked a 1-2-3 inning with some help from a great running catch in left field by Belli.

Schlittler struck out the side in the top half of the fourth inning, putting his punchout total up to six for the ballgame. 

Schlittler surrendered a couple of singles in the top half of the fifth inning to put runners at the corners with two outs, then induced a flyout to work into and out of trouble. 

In the bottom half of the inning, Spencer Jones pinch-hit for Trent Grisham, who looked like he was running gingerly on a double earlier in the ballgame. Jones, Ryan McMahon and Anthony Volpe went down in order. 

“For him to come out of the game definitely raises your eyebrows,” Aaron Boone said of Grisham. 

Schlittler navigated around a one-out double in the top of the sixth inning, picking up his seventh strikeout and a flyout to strand a runner at second. 

Schlittler allowed a leadoff single in the seventh inning, then walked a batter and surrendered a bunt single to load the bases with nobody out. Schlittler walked Andrés Giménez after an 11-pitch battle to bring across a run and end his night. Jake Bird replaced him with the bases loaded and nobody out and allowed a sacrifice fly to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., making it 2-0. 

“It's just unacceptable, just walked two guys,” Schlittler said. “They're a team that's gonna BABIP the s--t out of you. Some unlucky stuff, but can't walk the bottom of the order.”

Final line for Schlittler: Six innings pitched, eight hits allowed, two earned runs, walked two, and struck out seven on 106 pitches. He threw his fastball 51% of the time, the cutter 33%, the sinker 10%, the curveball 5%, and the slider 1%. Schlittler topped out at 99.9 mph and sat 98.1 on his heater, while inducing 16 whiffs tonight. 

“It was a good battle there,” Schlittler said of the pitchers' duel. “Slipped away from me there at the end. I like the fight we had in the last inning. I thought it was a great rally. If I get out of that inning, probably a different outcome of that game.”

Jazz Chisholm Jr. dunked a one-out bloop single into center field in the bottom of the seventh. Paul Goldschmidt followed with a bloop single of his own to right-center field. However, Amed Rosario, who pinch hit for Jones, flew out to right, allowing Jazz to move up to third, and Ryan McMahon grounded out, stranding runners at the corners. 

Yovanny Cruz took over for Bird in the top of the eighth to make his Major League debut and retired the Blue Jays in order with a pair of strikeouts. 

Volpe, Austin Wells and Rice went down in order in the bottom half of the eighth inning. Volpe wasted the Yankees final challenge of the game on a pitch nearly right down the middle in the process. 

Cruz came back out for the top of the ninth and worked another 1-2-3 inning with his third strikeout. 

In the bottom of the ninth, Belli lined a one-out double to left, bringing the tying run to the plate.  Jazz reached on an infield single to put the tying run on first and the winning run at the plate. Goldy grounded out to make it a one-run ballgame and move the tying run up to second base. However, Rosario struck out on a pitch well above the zone to end the ballgame. 

The Yankees will look to win the series tomorrow with Carlos Rodon on the mound; the Blue Jays starter is still TBD. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET on the YES Network. 

My thoughts on the game: Unfortunate loss for the Yankees, and the worst part is the Rays won again. They just dont lose now, leading in the AL East by four games. Schlittler was awesome tonight yet again; his ERA went up to 1.50 after six dominant innings, allowing just two runs, which is just a testament to how good he has been this year. Bird did a great job of limiting the damage coming into a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam. Cruz looked unhittable in his MLB debut tonight; the Yankees better not send him back down. His slider was nasty, and he averaged 99.8 mph on his fastball. Jazz has a great game with three hits accounting for half of the Yankees' hits tonight. The Yankees' offense just got shut down by Yesavage. It was a brutal night for Aaron Judge, striking out four times, the dreaded golden sombrero. He has been in a little slump this last week and a half. Grisham left the game with left knee discomfort; hopefully, he is okay. On to tomorrow, as the Yankees have an opportunity to win the series, they need a big start from Rodon.

The Yankees took down the Blue Jays 5-4 in a nail-biter to secure their 30th win of the season. Will Warren got the starting nod for the Yankees and faced off against Dylan Cease. 

Warren allowed a pair of singles in the top half of the first inning to put runners at the corners with one out. However, he induced a pop-up and a groundout to work into and out of trouble. 

Trent Grisham led off the bottom half of the first inning with a single, and Cody Bellinger worked a two-out walk. But Jazz Chisholm Jr. struck out to end the inning. 

The game remained scoreless until the top half of the fourth inning, when Yohendrick Piñango kicked off the scoring with an RBI single, giving the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead. Jesús Sánchez followed with an RBI single of his own. A few batters later, Andrés Giménez made it 3-0 with an RBI base knock. 

“I mean, didn't execute some pitches,” Warren said. “But I think their MO is kind of, they're super aggressive, but they're going to put the ball in play. And some stuff found some holes, and they put the pressure on. And they end up getting three runs. But I think we did a good job of minimizing that inning.”

In the bottom half of the inning, the Yankees responded. Aaron Judge worked a leadoff walk thanks to a successful ABS challenge, Jazz then worked a one-out free pass. Ryan McMahon followed with a game-tying three-run bomb the other way to left field to break out of an 0-for-24 slide. 

“Just a little bit of a jolt of energy to the team,” McMahon said. “Feel like you're right back in it, and yeah, good things happen.”

Warren worked a 1-2-3 shutdown top of the fifth inning and recorded his third punchout of the ballgame to end the frame. 

Grisham drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the frame, Ben Rice followed with a go-ahead two-run homer, his 16th of the year, giving the Yankees a 5-3 lead. 

“Just was able to pull the hands in,” Rice said. “I honestly wasn't sure if it was going to go out. I know I didn't get it quite perfectly. But I was glad I was able to elevate it just enough.” 

Tim Hill replaced Warren on the mound in the top half of the sixth and navigated around a two-out walk, working a scoreless inning. 

Final line for Warren: Five innings pitched, six hits allowed, three earned runs, walking one, and striking out three on 86 pitches. Warren threw his fastball 41% of the time, the sinker 33%, the sweeper 19%, and the changeup 8% of the time. Warren topped out at 96.7 mph and sat 93.5 on his heater, and had nine swings and misses tonight. 

“I thought it was good,” Warren said. “I think, for the most part, we did execute. They just took advantage of the couple of pitches that didn't get to our spots.”

Jake Bird came in relief for Hill in the top of the eighth and picked up the first two outs thanks to a beautiful diving play from Rice, then plunked Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Brent Headrick replaced Bird and surrendered a single, putting runners at the corners, then induced a groundout to end the inning. 

“Yeah, that was big,” Rice said of his diving play. “I was glad I was able to get a good jump on it and just try to slow it down as much as I can and get a glove on it.”

Aaron Boone was ejected from the ballgame in between innings for arguing Jazz’s lineout that he thought hit the ground. Headrick came back out for the top of the eighth inning and retired the Blue Jays in order with a couple of strikeouts. 

With Yankees closer David Bednar unavailable tonight, Camilo Doval got the call for the top of the ninth and walked the No. 8 hitter to lead off the inning. Then he allowed a single putting runners at the corners with nobody out. Doval got George Springer to ground out back to the mound for out number one, allowing the tying run to move up to second. Valddy made it a one-run ballgame with a sacrifice fly. It looked like Doval picked up the final out of the ballgame on a groundball to second, but Rice tried to dive for it, and Doval didn't cover first, allowing the runner to reach. However, Doval induced a groundout to shortstop to end the ballgame and pick up the save, exhale. 

The Yankees will look to win the series tomorrow in a great pitching matchup between Cam Schlittler and Trey Yesavage. First pitch is slated for 7:05 p.m. ET on Prime Video. 

My thoughts on the game: Decent start for Warren, it was really just one rough inning, and he wasn't able to pitch deep into the game. Hill continues to be the saving grace of this bullpen; his ERA is now down to 1.37. Bird was decent; he got some help from a great play by Rice. Headrick picked up four huge outs. And Doval did his best, Clay Holmes, Devin Williams, and Bednar impersonation in the ninth, making things stressful, but he hung on for the save. Rice and McMahon each went deep tonight to account for all five of the Yankees' runs. Another big win for the Yankees, improving to 11 games above .500 at 30-19. On to tomorrow, as the Yankees have an opportunity to win the series in what should be a pitcher's duel. 

The Yankees took down the Blue Jays 7-6 in a back-and-forth affair. Ryan Weathers took the mound for the Yankees and faced off against Patrick Corbin. 

In the top half of the first inning, Weathers navigated around a leadoff base knock and picked up his first strikeout of the ballgame, working a scoreless frame. 

Paul Goldschmidt led off the bottom half of the first with a solo shot to right center on the first pitch he saw, giving the Yankees an early 1-0 lead. 

Anthony Volpe shot a single the other way with one out in the bottom of the second inning. Then Max Schuemann worked a free pass. With two outs, Goldy worked a walk of his own, loading the bases for Ben Rice. Rice grounded out to second base to end the inning. 

The Blue Jays took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning. Weathers was a strike away from stranding runners at the corners with one, but Ernie Clement crushed a three-run bomb to left on a changeup well below the zone. 

“I executed a really quality pitch to Clement in the fourth,” Weathers said, “And he does what he does and put a good swing on it, he's a really good bat to ball hitter.”

Volpe lined a double to left center with one out in the bottom of the inning, then swiped third, his second stolen base of the game. Schuemann followed with a four-pitch walk, his second free pass of the game. J.C. Escarra picked up a sacrifice fly thanks to an unbelievable slide from Volpe to avoid the tag at home plate. Schuemann stole second and moved up to third on an E2. Goldy then just missed his second home run of the game but trotted into second with an RBI double off the base of the right center wall to make it a 3-3 game. 

With two outs in the top of the fifth, George Springer gave the Blue Jays the lead right back with a solo shot to left center. 

In the top of the sixth inning, Weathers surrendered back-to-back singles to put runners at the corners with one out. Paul Blackburn replaced Weathers on the mound and allowed an RBI fielder's choice to Clement, extending the Blue Jays' lead to 5-3. 

Final line for Weathers: 5.1 innings pitched, allowing seven hits, five runs, didn't walk anybody, and striking out seven on 90 pitches. Weathers threw his sweeper 23% of the time, the sinker 23%, the fastball 21%, the changeup 20%, and the slider 12%. He topped out at 97.1 mph and sat 95.2 on his heater with nine total swings and misses tonight. 

“I felt just kind of a mixed bag of results for me,” Weathers said. “I was getting a lot of swing and miss, and didn't really walk anybody. Didn't feel like I was threatening any counts. It was just a couple of swings, just got out of the way.”

Blackburn remained in the game for the top half of the seventh inning and faced the minimum, thanks to a 3-6-3 inning-ending double play. 

With two outs in the bottom half of the inning, Judge hit a ball 110 mph off the left field wall; he hit it so hard that he was held to a single. Cody Bellinger followed with a game-tying two-run bomb into the Yankees' bullpen. 

“Feel good here,” said Belli of his success at Yankee Stadium, now hitting .384 with a 1.286 OPS in the Bronx. “Love playing here. The atmosphere is amazing. And for me, just try to take it day by day, at bat, by at bat. Don't get too high or low, and just keep on playing.” 

Then Trent Grisham pinch-hit for Amed Rosario and worked a walk. Then Jazz Chisholm, Jr. blasted a go-ahead, two-run homer off the left-field foul pole to give the Yankees a 7-5 lead.

“Belli told me to sit on the slider, so I just sat on the slider,” Jazz said. “Just stay fair. That's it. Just stay fair.”

Fernando Cruz took over for Blackburn in the top half of the eighth inning and walked the first batter he faced to bring the tying run to the plate. However, he struck out the next three batters he faced on some nasty splitters. 

Yankees closer David Bednar got the call for the top of the ninth inning and walked the first batter he faced to put the tying run on base. Jesús Sánchez followed with an RBI double to make it a one-run game and move the tying run into scoring position. Bednar then recorded a strikeout for out number one. Then walked a batter, putting the go-ahead run on first base. Bednar went from behind in the count 3-0 to throwing three straight splitters to strike out Springer. Then Vladimir Guerrero Jr. got ahead in the count 2-0 but grounded out to end the ballgame, as Bednar bends but doesn't break.

“I mean, at the end of the day, I trust myself,” Bednar said. “I trust the guys behind me. And I just want to go right after, guys.”

The Yankees will look to secure at least a split in the series with a win tomorrow. Will Warren will take the mound for the Yankees and face off against Dylan Cease. First pitch is slated for 7:05 p.m. ET on the YES Network. 

My thoughts on the game: Weathers looked solid tonight. He pitched a lot better than his final line indicates, just got bit by a couple of two-out long balls. Blackburn picked up five huge outs tonight. Cruz was nasty with three strikeouts on some unhittable splitters. Bednar took 10 years off my life, but he somehow picked up the save. Goldy with another big game; he needs to be playing every day right now, as he is now hitting .290 with a 1.004 OPS. Volpe, with his second straight multi-hit game and a great slide, has been putting together some great at-bats since being recalled from Triple-A. Belli had a multi-hit game and a huge game-tying bomb. And of course, Jazz had the go-ahead homer, which ended up being the difference tonight. Just a great win for the Yankees, arguably the best win of the season. On to tomorrow as the Yankees will look to make it two in a row. 

“I mean, it was A+,” Jazz said of the team effort tonight. “We went out there, we battled our butts off, Ryan went out there and did a great job, Cruz came in behind him, did a great job, and Bednar did an even better job. So I mean, we did an all-around great job.”

The Yankees blow a three-run lead with two outs in the ninth, then go on to get walked off to lose 7-6 and drop the series, as the Yankees haven't won a series at Citi Field since 2018. Elmer Rodríguez made his third career start for the Yankees and faced off against Freddy Peralta. 

Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger each worked two-out walks in the top of the first inning. However, Jazz Chisholm Jr. went down swinging to strand Belli and Judge on first and second. 

In the bottom half of the inning, Rodríguez worked a scoreless frame with some help from a beautiful diving play from Spencer Jones. 

Ben Rice kicked off the scoring in the top of the third inning, crushing a solo shot to right center, his 15th home run of the year, to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.

Rodríguez navigated around a leadoff single working a shutdown bottom of the third inning. The Mets tied the ballgame up in the bottom of the fourth inning with a two-out RBI double from Marcus Semien. 

Rodríguez plunked a batter and picked up the first out of the bottom of the fifth. Ryan Yarbrough replaced Rodríguez and allowed a two-out base knock to put runners on the corners and was saved by a beautiful diving play from Trent Grisham in center field to keep the game tied. 

Final line for Rodríguez: 4.1 innings pitched, five hits allowed, one earned run, one walk, and struck out one on 64 pitches. He threw his sinker 36% of the time, the fastball 20%, the curveball 17%, the changeup 17%, the slider 8%, and the cutter 2%. He topped out at 95.9 and averaged 94.5 mph on his sinker with six total whiffs today.

Belli worked a walk to lead off the sixth inning, then moved up to second on a wild pitch. Jazz worked a walk of his own to put two runners aboard with nobody out and end Peralta’s day. Ryan McMahon laid down a sacrifice bunt to move both runners into scoring position. Paul Goldschmidt pinch hit for Jones and was plunked to load the bases with nobody out for Anthony Volpe. 

Volpe wasted no time lining the first pitch he saw for a two-run single to left, giving the Yankees a 3-1 advantage. Amed Rosario pinch-hit for J.C. Escarra and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly. It looked like Grisham popped out to end the inning, but Bo Bichette, who is making $42 million a year (more than Aaron Judge), dropped it to extend the Yankees' lead to 5-1. 

Yarbrough came back out for the bottom of the sixth and picked up the first out, then surrendered a single and walked a batter. Jake Bird replaced him and allowed a two-run double to Luis Torrens, cutting the Yankees' lead to 5-3. Bird then dialed in, picking up a strikeout and a flyout to keep the Yankees' lead intact. 

In the top half of the seventh inning, Belli and Jazz each picked up one-out base hits. Max Schuemann then worked a two-out walk to load the bases for Volpe. Volpe went from behind in the count 0-2 to working a bases-loaded walk and bringing across another run to extend the Yankees' lead to 6-3. 

Camilo Doval came in relief for Bird in the bottom of the seventh and worked a 1-2-3 inning. 

Fernando Cruz got the nod for the bottom eighth inning and navigated around a two-out free pass and worked a scoreless frame. 

The Yankees' closer, David Bednar, got the call for the bottom of the ninth inning and allowed back-to-back singles to bring Juan Soto to the plate, representing the tying run with nobody out. Soto bounced into a fielder's choice, putting runners at the corners with one out. With two outs, Tyrone Taylor, who is hitting. 188 crushed a hanging curveball for a game-tying three-run home run. Bednar finally got the final out to send this game to extras, and unfortunately, I think I have a better chance of making it to the MLB than this team does of winning on the road in extras. 

Schuemann put together one of the worst at-bats you will ever see, striking out for the first out of the top of the 10th inning. Ryan McMahon then stole third base and Volpe worked a walk to put runners at the corners for automatic out, Austin Wells, who grounded into a 3-6-3 inning-ending double play, as he is now 0-for-his-last-23. 

Tim Hill came in for the bottom of the 10th inning and allowed a walk-off infield single to Carson Benge. Schuemann and Volpe ran into each other on the play to give the Mets the series win. 

My thoughts on the game: First off, piss poor perfomance from Bednar, just absolutely pathetic, he now has a 4.95 ERA on the season, just inexcusable from your closer. I am so over watching Wells; he is so bad it's not even funny, send him back to Triple-A or something; he is unwatchable. I dont know why Boone took Rodríguez out after 64 pitches and used damn near the whole bullpen when they dont have an off day next week. Volpe, Jazz and Rice all had good games offensively; everyone else should be ashamed of themselves. Just a horrible loss, hands down the most frustrating loss of the year in a season filled with horrible losses to end off a 2-7 road trip. On to tomorrow as the Yankees will head back to the Bronx to play the Blue Jays, who owned them all season long last year, just a brutal loss; I'm so pissed, like I’m sure if you can tell, like I'm sure you all are. Sorry, no quotes today. I want to go watch golf and forget about that god-awful game. Something tells me Boone would say something along these lines: “I thought Bednar looked great today, he just got beat,” or “ I thought we put together some really quality at-bats.” The good news is tomorrow is a new day, and it can't possibly get much worse than that. I haven't been this pissed about a loss in May in a long time.