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Yankees waste chance to take series from Blue Jays with bats lifeless in loss

Nypost · · 492 words · By Greg Joyce
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16 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“An announced crowd of 40,249 came to a chilly Yankee Stadium on Thursday night to watch a ballgame.”
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Web search results provide general attendance reports for 2026 and stadium maps, but no specific record of a game with an announced attendance of 40,249 on a Thursday night was found.
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web search NEUTRAL — Check out this 2026 report of MLB attendance sortable by both baseball stadium and team.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance
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web search NEUTRAL — MLS at Yankee Stadium. Visiting New York. Upcoming Events.There are no games scheduled for this date. No games match the filters selected.
https://www.mlb.com/yankees/schedule
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web search NEUTRAL — Yankee Stadium,New York Yankees seats, Yankee Stadium food prices, Yankee Stadium tour, Yankee Stadium drinks.JAŸ-Z just announced a third show at Yankee Stadium! I got into the queue at 1:01, here’s …
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/yankee-stadium-field-map-sea…
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“the Yankees bats came up emptier than airballs in a 2-0 loss to the Blue Jays in The Bronx.”
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While search results confirm a rivalry and specific games between the Yankees and Blue Jays (including a win for the Yankees on May 19, 2026), there is no evidence of a specific 2-0 loss to the Blue Jays in the Bronx matching this description.
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web search NEUTRAL — Add The New York Post on Google. At this rate, drug stores around the tristate area may be sold out of Tums by Wednesday morning. But for the second straight night Tuesday, the Yankees held on by the …
https://nypost.com/2026/05/19/sports/yankees-ben-rice-hold-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — When the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays hook up, you know you’re getting fireworks. In 2025, that rivalry delivered in spades — not just in the regular season but through a stunning postseason…
https://urbanguide.net/tech/toronto-blue-jays-vs-yankees-mat…
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web search NEUTRAL — New York Yankees' Ben Rice reacts at home plate after hitting a two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in New York.
https://www.theintelligencer.com/sports/article/yankees-get-…
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“After winning the first two games of the four-game set against the defending division champs, the Yankees (30-21) wasted a chance to take the series over the past two nights”
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The provided evidence consists of general news homepages (Google News, NYT, CNN) and does not contain any specific game records or standings for the Yankees at 30-21.
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web search NEUTRAL — Google News provides up-to-date news from various sources, covering diverse topics to keep you informed and engaged.
https://news.google.com/?hl=en
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web search NEUTRAL — Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world.
https://www.nytimes.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — One Republican congressman says he is exploring ways to end the Trump Justice Department’s move to establish a tax-payer fueled “anti-weaponization” fund, a move likely to draw the ire of President...
https://www.cnn.com/
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“the Blue Jays (23-27) had young stud Trey Yesavage on the mound”
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Wikipedia confirms Trey Yesavage is a pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. However, the provided web results discuss him pitching in the World Series against the Dodgers, not a regular season game against the Yankees with a team record of 23-27.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trey David Yesavage is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. He played college baseball for the East Carolina Pirates, and was selected by the B…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Yesavage
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web search NEUTRAL — Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage celebrates the end on the seventh inning in Game 5 of baseball's World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday, Oct.Yesavage had lasted just four inni…
https://www.mininggazette.com/sports/2025/10/yesavage-strike…
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web search NEUTRAL — Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage celebrates the end on the seventh inning in Game 5 of baseball’s World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday, Oct.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11501831/blue-jays-defeat-dodgers…
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“Thursday the Yankees mustered just three hits as they were shut down by five pitchers, including bulk reliever Spencer Miles, a rookie who cruised across 4 ¹/₃ innings.”
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Search results discuss other games (against the Orioles and Rangers) and different pitchers, but there is no mention of a rookie named Spencer Miles pitching 4 1/3 innings against the Yankees.
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web search NEUTRAL — Blaze Alexander had three hits for Baltimore and scored twice at the bottom of the order. Coby Mayo opened the scoring for the Orioles with an RBI double in the second.
https://lethbridgeherald.com/sports/national-sports/2026/05/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Yankees Brendon Beck throws a pitch during the fifth inning of the Yankees and Texas Rangers game at Yankee Stadium.The Yankees' No. 6 prospect on MLB Pipeline, who has collected 11 homers and a Tripl…
https://nypost.com/new-york-yankees/
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web search NEUTRAL — The official website of the New York Yankees with the most up-to-date information on news, tickets, schedule, stadium, roster, rumors, scores, and stats.News. Official Releases. Probable Pitchers.
https://www.mlb.com/yankees
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“The Yankees... have lost nine of their past 13 games.”
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No evidence was found regarding the Yankees' specific win-loss record over a 13-game stretch in the provided search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — New York Yankees. 21K views • 3 weeks ago.BEHIND THE NY – Episode 4 – How the Yankees Built Their New Scoreboard | NEW YORK YANKEES 2026.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmAQ_4ELJodnKuNqviK86Dg
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web search NEUTRAL — 10/07/25: New York Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón reacts on the mound during the third inning of Game three of the ALDS against the Toronto Blue Jays in the Bronx, New York, October 07 2025.
https://nypost.com/new-york-yankees/
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web search NEUTRAL — New York Yankees Team Logo New York YankeesNY Yankees.You have selected an away game. Tickets for this game will be purchased from the home club.
https://www.mlb.com/yankees/schedule
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“the division-leading Rays on Friday for a showdown that begins with Gerrit Cole’s season debut”
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The search results for 'Gerrit' returned software documentation for a code review tool, not information regarding pitcher Gerrit Cole's season debut.
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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit (/ ˈɡɛrɪt / GERR-it) is a free, web-based team code collaboration tool. Software developers in a team can review each other's modifications on their source code using a Web browser and approve …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_(software)
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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit is a web-based code review system that enables teams to collaborate on Git repositories with powerful patchset based review workflows, fine-grained permissions, and seamless integration with CI…
https://www.gerritcodereview.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit Code Review Gerrit is a code review and project management tool for Git based projects. Objective Gerrit makes reviews easier by showing changes in a side-by-side display, and allowing inline c…
https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit
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“They struck out 14 times, did not have a runner advance past second base all night, and only had multiple base runners in one inning — first and second with one out in the sixth, after which Jazz Chisholm Jr. struck out on three pitches and Paul Goldschmidt grounded out.”
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One search result mentions 'The Yankees never got a runner past second base' and quotes Joe Girardi, but this appears to be from a different era/game and does not corroborate the specific 14 strikeouts or the Jazz Chisholm Jr./Paul Goldschmidt sequence.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Yankees never got a runner past second base. “He’s just got really good stuff,” Yankees Manager Joe Girardi said. “He’s got an outstanding slider that he uses to right-handers and left-handers. I …
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/sports/baseball/on-a-day-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Yankees built a 2-0 lead in the third inning on a two-run homer to left-center field by Ben Rice, his 13th; Rice’s 13th homer of the season was an opposite-field blast to left-center center after …
https://www.nj.com/yankees/2026/05/yankees-ryan-weathers-no-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Max Fried described his elbow issue as a hyperextension, or the feeling you get when you "bang the back of that elbow, tricep area." He said it made it difficult to warm up for each inning.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“Aaron Judge, owner of the seventh-highest OPS in the majors, had another quiet night, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout and grounding into a double play.”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding Aaron Judge's OPS rank or his specific performance (0-for-4) in this game.
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“He is 4-for-31 with 12 strikeouts over his past eight games.”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding Aaron Judge's stats over his last eight games.
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“Carlos Rodón turned in the best start of his delayed season, tossing five innings of one-run ball.”
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“walking three batters, one of whom turned into the only run he surrendered— but allowed only three hits and struck out seven while completing five innings for the first time this year.”
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“Rodón generated 18 whiffs”
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“Two of Rodón’s three walks were issued to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.”
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“Guerrero soon stole second base to get into scoring position for Daulton Varsho, who grounded a double off third base for the 1-0 lead.”
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“Camilo Doval later gave up a run when he left a slider over the heart of the plate to George Springer, who belted it for a solo shot that made it 2-0 in the seventh inning.”
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