Gausman Continues To Shine As The Blue Jays Shut Out The Slumping Yankees

The way the Cleveland Guardians bled him for five runs last weekend in a 7-2 victory, finding holes in pitches that beat them, was a prime example of why the Blue Jays went 11-11 in his first 22 starts . “It’s weird,” interim manager John Snyder said before the game. “When you put his stuff down, he’s really, really, really good. So part of it is I think everybody goes through these ups and downs, lucky, unlucky, whether you’re a hitter or a pitcher. We like his stuff. Obviously, we trust him and I’m sure things will turn in his favor.” In start No. 23, they sure did, Gausman pitched seven shutout innings to propel the Blue Jays to a third straight victory, 4-0 over the New York Yankees on Friday night. At first, it looked like it might be a game night when DJ LeMahieu swung his first pitch of the game, a 91.2 mph, 404-foot fastball to center where Whit Merrifield spotted it in a performance that had 35 percent catch chance and Aaron Judge followed with a walk. But Gausman escaped that game unscathed, striking out the side in the second and allowing just three hits over the next few frames while striking out seven. The Yankees, already out of the league for a long time, pulled away helpless in his mostly fastball/splitter mix, with eight of their 15 swings on splits resulting in a whiff. Even with his fastball down a tick, at 94.1 instead of his season average of 95, he had power from the second inning on. The offense, meanwhile, lost George Springer who bounced a ball off his knee during a five-hit effort in Thursday’s 9-2 win, didn’t make it one-sided in the same way, but it was again a solid jump threat. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was robbed of a home run by a jumping Osvaldo Cabrera on the first pitch of the game and the pressure was on from there. Yankees starter Jameson Taillon held them in check until the third, when Merrifield led off the inning with a single, advanced to third on Cavan Biggio’s double and scored on Gurriel’s groundout. A short time later, Alejandro Kirk led off the frame with a base hit before Teoscar Hernandez hit home run No. 18 over the wall in left-center, having just missed a shot to center in the second. The Blue Jays missed a chance to bury the Yankees in the sixth when they put men on second and third with nobody out, but Lou Trivino came in for Taillon and stranded the runners. They were finally able to add in the ninth when they loaded the bases against Aroldis Chapman before Ron Marinaccio delivered a sacrifice fly to Danny Jansen that made it 4-0. Jordan Romano then closed things out in the ninth, making sure a brilliant night from Gausman didn’t go to waste. He now has at least six shutout innings in three of his last four starts, capped by that ill-fated outing against Cleveland. It’s a reminder of what a great season he’s having, even better than his impressive stats suggest.

title: “Gausman Continues To Shine As The Blue Jays Shut Out The Slumping Yankees Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-01” author: “Deborah Gayle”

The way the Cleveland Guardians bled him for five runs last weekend in a 7-2 victory, finding holes in pitches that beat them, was a prime example of why the Blue Jays went 11-11 in his first 22 starts . “It’s weird,” interim manager John Snyder said before the game. “When you put his stuff down, he’s really, really, really good. So part of it is I think everybody goes through these ups and downs, lucky, unlucky, whether you’re a hitter or a pitcher. We like his stuff. Obviously, we trust him and I’m sure things will turn in his favor.” In start No. 23, they sure did, Gausman pitched seven shutout innings to propel the Blue Jays to a third straight victory, 4-0 over the New York Yankees on Friday night. At first, it looked like it might be a game night when DJ LeMahieu swung his first pitch of the game, a 91.2 mph, 404-foot fastball to center where Whit Merrifield spotted it in a performance that had 35 percent catch chance and Aaron Judge followed with a walk. But Gausman escaped that game unscathed, striking out the side in the second and allowing just three hits over the next few frames while striking out seven. The Yankees, already out of the league for a long time, pulled away helpless in his mostly fastball/splitter mix, with eight of their 15 swings on splits resulting in a whiff. Even with his fastball down a tick, at 94.1 instead of his season average of 95, he had power from the second inning on. The offense, meanwhile, lost George Springer who bounced a ball off his knee during a five-hit effort in Thursday’s 9-2 win, didn’t make it one-sided in the same way, but it was again a solid jump threat. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was robbed of a home run by a jumping Osvaldo Cabrera on the first pitch of the game and the pressure was on from there. Yankees starter Jameson Taillon held them in check until the third, when Merrifield led off the inning with a single, advanced to third on Cavan Biggio’s double and scored on Gurriel’s groundout. A short time later, Alejandro Kirk led off the frame with a base hit before Teoscar Hernandez hit home run No. 18 over the wall in left-center, having just missed a shot to center in the second. The Blue Jays missed a chance to bury the Yankees in the sixth when they put men on second and third with nobody out, but Lou Trivino came in for Taillon and stranded the runners. They were finally able to add in the ninth when they loaded the bases against Aroldis Chapman before Ron Marinaccio delivered a sacrifice fly to Danny Jansen that made it 4-0. Jordan Romano then closed things out in the ninth, making sure a brilliant night from Gausman didn’t go to waste. He now has at least six shutout innings in three of his last four starts, capped by that ill-fated outing against Cleveland. It’s a reminder of what a great season he’s having, even better than his impressive stats suggest.

title: “Gausman Continues To Shine As The Blue Jays Shut Out The Slumping Yankees Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-28” author: “Diane Hodges”

The way the Cleveland Guardians bled him for five runs last weekend in a 7-2 victory, finding holes in pitches that beat them, was a prime example of why the Blue Jays went 11-11 in his first 22 starts . “It’s weird,” interim manager John Snyder said before the game. “When you put his stuff down, he’s really, really, really good. So part of it is I think everybody goes through these ups and downs, lucky, unlucky, whether you’re a hitter or a pitcher. We like his stuff. Obviously, we trust him and I’m sure things will turn in his favor.” In start No. 23, they sure did, Gausman pitched seven shutout innings to propel the Blue Jays to a third straight victory, 4-0 over the New York Yankees on Friday night. At first, it looked like it might be a game night when DJ LeMahieu swung his first pitch of the game, a 91.2 mph, 404-foot fastball to center where Whit Merrifield spotted it in a performance that had 35 percent catch chance and Aaron Judge followed with a walk. But Gausman escaped that game unscathed, striking out the side in the second and allowing just three hits over the next few frames while striking out seven. The Yankees, already out of the league for a long time, pulled away helpless in his mostly fastball/splitter mix, with eight of their 15 swings on splits resulting in a whiff. Even with his fastball down a tick, at 94.1 instead of his season average of 95, he had power from the second inning on. The offense, meanwhile, lost George Springer who bounced a ball off his knee during a five-hit effort in Thursday’s 9-2 win, didn’t make it one-sided in the same way, but it was again a solid jump threat. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was robbed of a home run by a jumping Osvaldo Cabrera on the first pitch of the game and the pressure was on from there. Yankees starter Jameson Taillon held them in check until the third, when Merrifield led off the inning with a single, advanced to third on Cavan Biggio’s double and scored on Gurriel’s groundout. A short time later, Alejandro Kirk led off the frame with a base hit before Teoscar Hernandez hit home run No. 18 over the wall in left-center, having just missed a shot to center in the second. The Blue Jays missed a chance to bury the Yankees in the sixth when they put men on second and third with nobody out, but Lou Trivino came in for Taillon and stranded the runners. They were finally able to add in the ninth when they loaded the bases against Aroldis Chapman before Ron Marinaccio delivered a sacrifice fly to Danny Jansen that made it 4-0. Jordan Romano then closed things out in the ninth, making sure a brilliant night from Gausman didn’t go to waste. He now has at least six shutout innings in three of his last four starts, capped by that ill-fated outing against Cleveland. It’s a reminder of what a great season he’s having, even better than his impressive stats suggest.

title: “Gausman Continues To Shine As The Blue Jays Shut Out The Slumping Yankees Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-15” author: “Kathryn Lucas”

The way the Cleveland Guardians bled him for five runs last weekend in a 7-2 victory, finding holes in pitches that beat them, was a prime example of why the Blue Jays went 11-11 in his first 22 starts . “It’s weird,” interim manager John Snyder said before the game. “When you put his stuff down, he’s really, really, really good. So part of it is I think everybody goes through these ups and downs, lucky, unlucky, whether you’re a hitter or a pitcher. We like his stuff. Obviously, we trust him and I’m sure things will turn in his favor.” In start No. 23, they sure did, Gausman pitched seven shutout innings to propel the Blue Jays to a third straight victory, 4-0 over the New York Yankees on Friday night. At first, it looked like it might be a game night when DJ LeMahieu swung his first pitch of the game, a 91.2 mph, 404-foot fastball to center where Whit Merrifield spotted it in a performance that had 35 percent catch chance and Aaron Judge followed with a walk. But Gausman escaped that game unscathed, striking out the side in the second and allowing just three hits over the next few frames while striking out seven. The Yankees, already out of the league for a long time, pulled away helpless in his mostly fastball/splitter mix, with eight of their 15 swings on splits resulting in a whiff. Even with his fastball down a tick, at 94.1 instead of his season average of 95, he had power from the second inning on. The offense, meanwhile, lost George Springer who bounced a ball off his knee during a five-hit effort in Thursday’s 9-2 win, didn’t make it one-sided in the same way, but it was again a solid jump threat. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was robbed of a home run by a jumping Osvaldo Cabrera on the first pitch of the game and the pressure was on from there. Yankees starter Jameson Taillon held them in check until the third, when Merrifield led off the inning with a single, advanced to third on Cavan Biggio’s double and scored on Gurriel’s groundout. A short time later, Alejandro Kirk led off the frame with a base hit before Teoscar Hernandez hit home run No. 18 over the wall in left-center, having just missed a shot to center in the second. The Blue Jays missed a chance to bury the Yankees in the sixth when they put men on second and third with nobody out, but Lou Trivino came in for Taillon and stranded the runners. They were finally able to add in the ninth when they loaded the bases against Aroldis Chapman before Ron Marinaccio delivered a sacrifice fly to Danny Jansen that made it 4-0. Jordan Romano then closed things out in the ninth, making sure a brilliant night from Gausman didn’t go to waste. He now has at least six shutout innings in three of his last four starts, capped by that ill-fated outing against Cleveland. It’s a reminder of what a great season he’s having, even better than his impressive stats suggest.