Blue Jays blank Yankees 2‑0 behind Miles, Springer
NEW YORK (Interstat) — George Springer homered in the seventh inning and Spencer Miles pitched a career-high 4 1/3 innings of two-hit relief as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 2-0 on Thursday night to split the four-game series.
Toronto grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first when Daulton Varsho doubled to left, scoring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Springer’s fourth homer, a solo shot off Camilo Doval, made it 2-0 in the seventh.
Miles, who entered in the second after a bullpen game began, struck out six and allowed zero earned runs. Adam Macko (1-0) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of one-hit relief, and Jeff Hoffman earned his fourth save with a perfect ninth.
Carlos Rodón (0-2) took the loss despite striking out seven over five innings, allowing one run on three hits. Aaron Judge went 0 for 4 and finished the series 1 for 15 without a homer or RBI in his last 10 games.
Toronto improved to 23-27; New York fell to 30-21. Attendance was 40,249, and the game lasted 2 hours, 43 minutes.