And so, an afternoon game at Yankee Stadium with no seeming threat of the rain that drained the energy (in the Yankees’ favour) in the late innings of yesterday’s game. Today, Max Fried, who has bounced back well from the struggles that he had immediately after the All-Star game and has dominated in his last two appearances, took the mound. Versatile, veteran, Max Scherzer would be Toronto’s starter, and Fried would be first to take the mound.
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A New York Yankees Diary – Day Six – September 6th, 2025
So, one down in the series and time for the Yankees to try and turn things around.
On the mound is the rookie of the year from 2024, Luis Gil who has recovered from injury. In his first games since returning, he started slowly but he has now built up his stamina and is settling well.
The Toronto Blue Jays started with George Springer leading off and popping up to Anthony Volpe for the first out, and then Addison Barger lined out to Cody Bellinger who is in rightfield this afternoon. So, a good start for Gil but then the Yankees’ nemesis from last night, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a double on a sharp line drive towards Jasson Dominguez as a way of welcoming Jasson back to the line-up.
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Cam Schlittler was probably the Yankees’ best starting pitcher in August. September didn’t begin so well for him.
When the first pitch went over the plate just after 7:11 pm, there was no reason to think anything out of the ordinary was about to take place and sure enough Schlittler struck out George Springer and then took out Addison Barger in the same way.
And then everything changed.
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