Giancarlo Stanton cracked a grand slam, Anthony Volpe went 3-for-4, and the Yankees (8-2) won their first home series of the season with an 8-3 victory over
New York Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton watches a ball he hit for a grand slam during the third inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday, April 7, 2024, in New York. ) won their first home series of the season with an 8-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
Faced with an identical situation in the bottom half of the same inning, Blue says starter Bowden Francis faced Stanton with the bags full and two outs only for the Bronx Bomber to crush the ball 417 feet the other way for a grand slam and the exclamation point on a five-run inning.Francis was done after three innings, having thrown 77 pitches. Gil’s day was over after 4.1In his first start in the Bronx, Gil picked up eight strikeouts, with his heater nearly touching 97mph.
With one out in the sixth inning, the Blue Jays loaded the bases again but could only score once through a Guerrero RBI groundout to make it a 5-3 game.
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