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SPORTS Monday 23 april 2018

Torres makes debut as young Yankees beat Blue Jays 5-1

By MIKE FITZPATRICK against New York. The lefty
AP Baseball Writer started eight games for the
NEW YORK (AP) — With a Yankees down the stretch
team full of 20-somethings, last season, going 0-3 with
the New York Yankees a 4.82 ERA.
played like seasoned vet- "I feel personally I didn't get
erans. the job done today," Gar-
Luis Severino pitched three- cia said. "I knew this was
hit ball over seven innings going to be a tough chal-
and the youthful Yankees lenge. ... Just three pitches
beat the Toronto Blue Jays pretty much that cost me
5-1 on Sunday even as the game."
prized prospect Gleyber Gregorius hit a solo home
Torres went 0 for 4 in his ma- run in the first inning. He
jor league debut. added a sacrifice fly in
The 21-year-old Torres, who the seventh after Aaron
stranded six runners, played Hicks stole second and ad-
second base and batted vanced to third on a throw-
eighth in a Yankees lineup ing error by catcher Russell
that didn't include a player Martin.
30 or older for the first time Romine's two-run double
since Sept. 29, 1989, ac- came with two outs in the
cording to STATS. second after Torres struck
"We've worked really hard, out with two runners in
long before I got here, at scoring position. He also
building this organization grounded into a double
from the ground up and play, popped out and flied
they've done a great job," New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres hits into a double play during the fourth inning of a baseball out.
first-year manager Aaron game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, April 22, 2018, in New York. Andujar drove home a run
Boone said. "I feel like we're Associated Press in the sixth with his sec-
in a position not only to be ond double, giving him 10
a really good team in the said. "They've got a lot of And now I'm almost 30. I up four runs in 5 1/3 innings extra-base hits in his last six
short-term, but in the long- energy." had to laugh about it. ... It for the Blue Jays (13-8), who games. He had two infield
term." The last time the Yankees just speaks volumes to our lost consecutive games for singles and finished 4 for 4
Didi Gregorius homered, didn't have a player 30 or team." the first time since starting to raise his average to .308.
No. 9 batter Austin Romine older in the lineup for an Teoscar Hernandez hom- the season 0-2 at home The 23-year-old Andujar
laced a two-run double April game was 1942, ac- ered in the sixth off Severi- against the Yankees. To- became the youngest Yan-
and streaking rookie Miguel cording to STATS. With vet- no (4-1), who struck out six ronto had won its last five kees player to get four hits
Andujar had a career-high eran left fielder Brett Gard- and walked two. The right- following a defeat. in a game since Melky Ca-
four hits, including an RBI ner receiving a rest, the hander won for only the The Blue Jays went 1 for brera at 21 in 2006.
double, to help New York eldest starter on the field second time in nine outings 16 with runners in scoring "In Andujar and Gleyber,
take three of four in the se- was Romine, the team's against Toronto. position over the final two we know we've got two re-
ries from its AL East rival. 29-year-old backup catch- "That's what an ace looks games of the series and ally good players. It's just a
The 10 players who started er. like when he's not perfect," were held to a single run in matter of when they com-
for the Yankees, includ- Romine said a buddy text- Boone said. each. plete their development,"
ing Severino, averaged 26 ed him about that before David Robertson and Arol- "It was Severino's day to- Boone said.
years old — the youngest the game. dis Chapman each worked day. You build a lead for TRAINER'S ROOM
group they've fielded since "I thought it was hilarious," a scoreless inning to finish him, he's probably going to Blue Jays: 2B Devon Travis
Sept. 26, 1970, STATS said. he said. "I was used to be- the four-hitter. shut it down, go late in the was back in the lineup. He
"It's what everybody's been ing the youngest guy. Obvi- Giancarlo Stanton made game," manager John Gib- missed the previous two
talking about: We've got a ously it's going to change, two tough catches in sunny bons said. "It was no day at games after fouling a ball
lot of prospects in the minor but I mean, I was 22, 23 left field . the beach." off his left foot Thursday
league system," Gregorius catching 40-year-olds. Jaime Garcia (2-1) gave Garcia made his first start night in the series opener.q