Blue Jays Beat Yankees 2-0 With Springer Home Run

The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 2-0 on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, splitting the four-game series between the American League East rivals. George Springer provided the decisive offense with a solo home run in the seventh inning.

Springer’s homer, his second of the series, came off Yankees reliever Camilo Doval on a 2-2 slider and landed in the left-field seats. The Blue Jays had taken an initial 1-0 lead in the fifth inning when Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who reached base three times, scored on a Daulton Varsho double that caromed off the third base bag.

Toronto employed a bullpen strategy, with Spencer Miles delivering a career-best 4 1/3 innings of relief. Miles allowed two hits, struck out six, and walked one. Overall, the Blue Jays pitching staff held the Yankees to just three hits, marking the fifth time this season New York has been held to three hits or fewer. Yankees star Aaron Judge went 0 for 4, finishing the series 1 for 15. He has now gone 10 games without a home run or an RBI, matching the longest such drought of his career.

For the Yankees, starter Carlos Rodón allowed one run on three hits over five innings. The loss was New York’s ninth in...