Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
The Story
The Toronto Blue Jays handed the New York Yankees a 2-1 defeat at Yankee Stadium on May 20, 2026, erasing a pre-game deficit that had the DiamondIQ model's estimate of a home win at 68 percent. The game was a pitcher's duel through six scoreless innings before Toronto broke through in the seventh, where a pair of walks proved decisive. Andrés Giménez drew a walk off Cam Schlittler that shifted win probability 12.2 percent in Toronto's favor, followed by a Jesús Sánchez walk that added another 7.5 percent, as the Blue Jays pushed across two runs to take a lead they would not relinquish.
New York mounted a ninth-inning threat against Louis Varland, but the rally ultimately fell short of a comeback. Jazz Chisholm Jr. reached on a field error, a play that moved the Yankees' win probability 8.7 percent in their direction, and Cody Bellinger followed with a double worth 7.1 percent. However, the inning's most consequential moment arrived in reverse, as Amed Rosario's strikeout to end the game added 21.4 percent to Toronto's win probability in a single out, sealing the final score at 2-1.
On the pitching side, Trey Yesavage was the standout performer of the evening, leading all players with a WPA of plus-38.2 percent across his outing. Tyler Rogers and Jeff Hoffman contributed supporting relief work at plus-13.3 and plus-11.6 percent respectively. Among position players, Rosario finished with a cumulative WPA of plus-16.1 percent, while Sánchez posted plus-14.7 percent alongside a RE24 of plus-1.2, reflecting his direct run-environment impact during Toronto's decisive seventh-inning rally.