Yankees beat Blue Jays 8-3 to take series
New York closed out a series win over Toronto behind home runs from Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Trent Grisham, and now turns to getting Max Fried and Aaron Judge back before the stretch run.
Chisholm and Grisham homer as Yankees take the series
Blue Jays3-1Blue Jays3-4Blue Jays8-3The Yankees opened the set with Toronto by winning 3-1 on August 21, dropped the middle game 4-3 on August 22, then closed it out with an 8-3 win on August 23 to take the series two games to one. New York is 4-1 in its last five.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. went 2-for-4 with a home run and 2 RBI in the finale, and Trent Grisham added a 1-for-4 day with a home run and 2 RBI of his own. Between them they accounted for four of the club's eight runs in the win.
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Max Fried threw a four-inning live batting practice session Monday and could rejoin the rotation during Saturday's doubleheader against Boston, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports. Manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge is scheduled to hit in the batting cage Tuesday, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.
Ryan Weathers, who left his last start early, was placed on the 15-day injured list with a forearm strain; Boone said Weathers will be shut down from throwing for two to four weeks but has a "great chance" to pitch again before the end of the season, per Hoch. To fill the roster spot, the Yankees selected Justin Topa, according to MLB Trade Rumors.
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The Yankees host the Astros tonight, with Will Warren taking the ball for New York against Houston's Ethan Pecko. Warren is 8-6 with a 4.43 ERA and worked four innings with two earned runs allowed in his last start against Baltimore; Pecko carries a 4.91 ERA and lasted 3.2 innings with two earned runs in his last outing versus the Angels.
New York is favored at home, and the total reads as middling, suggesting a game that could go either way on the scoreboard rather than a shootout or a pitchers' duel. With Fried working back and Weathers now out for weeks, the rotation behind Warren is thinner than the standings suggest, and a series win over Houston would matter for a club that has little margin to spare against a wild-card field bunched tightly behind it.