The Yankees’ bats were lifeless, Toronto bats hit the ball very hard and Aaron Boone’s Wild Card leaders lost their fourth in a row. If you’re thinking you’ve heard that story before, you’re wrong, because this one gets worse. The team also watched Gerrit Cole walk off the mound in the middle of the fourth with a member of the team’s medical staff with what we later learned was a hamstring issue.
After retiring four of the first five batters he faced, Cole ran into a little trouble in the second inning. With one out, Toronto DH Alejandro Kirk lofted a home run into the right-field seats, giving the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.