Normally, you want to play in an open-air stadium. This time, the roof may have been a relief.
The Yankees trailed the opener of the 2-game series 1-0 going into the top of the 7th inning. CC Sabathia had pitched a shutout until the 6th, seemingly for naught. But Gary Sanchez led off with a single, Seunghwan Oh hit Didi Gregorius with a pitch (presumably, unintentionally), and he walked Aaron Hicks.
Up came Miguel Andujar. He had not yet hit a grand slam in the major leagues. He did now.
CC allowed a run in the bottom of the 7th, but Aaron Hicks took it back, and then some, with a 3-run dinger of his own in the 8th. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 2. WP: Sabathia (3-1). No save. LP: Oh (1-2).
The next game went on, and on, and on, with no runs. Sonny Gray pitched 8 shutout innings for the Yankees. His opposite number, Sam Gaviglio, pitched 7 shutout innings for the Jays. Chad Green pitched the 9th and the 10th, Dellin Betances the 11th, and David Robertson the 12th. But neither team could find a run. The Yankees couldn't even score in the 10th, against former Yankee game-messer-upper Tyler Clippard.
But with 1 out in the top of the 13th, Brett Gardner singled. Aaron Judge, who had been 0-for-4 until then, cranked one to center field. Home run. After a Greg Bird flyout, Giancarlo Stanton, who had been 0-for-3 until then, launched a shot. Aroldis Chapman set the Jays down in the bottom of the 13th.
Yankees 3, Blue Jays 0. WP: Robertson (4-2). SV: Chapman (15). LP: Joe Biagini (0-5).
And so, after winning 2 games in a fashion a lot harder than the final scores would indicate, the Yankees come back to New York. But not quite "home": They have to play a 3-game weekend series at Citi Field against the Mets.
Time to show them who's the only real baseball team in New York.