Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees Match Player Stats On Apr 04, 2021

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Randal Grichuk homered in the second inning to lift the visiting Toronto Blue Jays to a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon.

Domingo German (0-1) heard some cheers from the crowd of 10,066 in his first appearance since Sept. 18, 2019, because of an 81-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy.

German was 18-4 with a 4.03 ERA before the suspension. He missed all of the pandemic-shortened, 60-game season in 2020 and met with teammates before spring training.

After a 12-pitch opening inning, the Blue Jays struck quickly in a three-batter span as German started struggling to leave pitches down in the strike zone.

Guerrero opened the scoring by hitting a 1-1 fastball a few rows into the right-field seats to lead off the second inning. After Lourdes Gurriel Jr. lined a single to left, Grichuk made it 3-0 when he hit a 1-2 changeup down the left-field line.

German, who was on a pitch count, allowed three runs on four hits in three innings. He struck out two, walked one and threw 68 pitches, with 34 coming in the decisive second inning.

German gave way to Michael King, who threw six innings of one-hit ball.

Toronto's T.J. Zeuch allowed three hits in four scoreless innings. He walked one and struck out one while throwing 63 pitches to 15 hitters.

The Blue Jays used five relievers to get the final 15 outs and capture the rubber match of the three-game series.

Trent Thornton allowed a run in 1 1/3 innings, Ryan Borucki (1-0) recorded the final two outs of the sixth and David Phelps struck out two in the seventh. Jordan Romano recorded two groundouts in a perfect eighth and Julian Merryweather tossed a hitless ninth for his second career save.

New York's only run came on an RBI grounder by Brett Gardner in the fifth that scored Clint Frazier, who opened the inning by hustling for a bloop double.

The Yankees rested designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton for the first time this season. Their offense went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.

--Field Level Media