NEW YORK -- It took nearly all night for the New York Yankees to get warmed up.
Hard to blame them.
Chase Headley hit a tiebreaking single that deflected off the wrist of reliever Brett Cecil, and the Yankees rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in chilly conditions Wednesday.
"A little fortuitous, for sure," Headley said. "We fought and clawed and it turned out in our favor."
Michael Pineda pitched six solid innings for the Yankees, who improved to 30-6 at home against Toronto since May 24, 2011. Jacoby Ellsbury scored twice and reached base safely all four times up.
New York took advantage of mistakes by Toronto's bullpen, fighting back from a two-run deficit for its first victory of the season after knuckleballer R.A. Dickey gave the Blue Jays 6 1/3 effective innings.
In front of New York's smallest crowd for a home game in 11 years, Andrew Miller worked a perfect ninth in his Yankees debut for the second save of his career.
"That was pretty cool," Miller said. "It's nice to get your first win under your belt, and I think the 25 guys in here probably kind of can have a little sigh of relief and now we can just get to playing baseball."
Toronto pushed its lead to 3-1 in the eighth when Jose Bautista scored on a throwing error by catcher Brian McCann. But the bullpen couldn't hold it.
Pinch-hitter Chris Young opened the bottom half with a bloop double that eluded rookie second baseman Devon Travis. Ellsbury singled, and Aaron Loup (0-1) loaded the bases when he hit Brett Gardner with a pitch.
Young scored on a wild pitch by Cecil, who forced in the tying run when he plunked McCann with a pitch. Headley then hit a one-hopper that caromed off Cecil's right wrist and past shortstop to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead.
"We imploded. Wind-blown hit, then we hit a couple of guys," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "We coughed it up."
Dellin Betances (1-0) got the win.
Many players wore knit hats and hooded sweat shirts during batting practice, and the game began in a steady drizzle on a 44-degree night at a mostly empty Yankee Stadium. The announced crowd of 31,020 was New York's smallest at home since Sept. 23, 2004, at the old ballpark across 161st street.
The rain soon stopped, but the wind picked up and the raw chill never dissipated.
Pitching in short sleeves, Pineda held the Blue Jays to two runs and six hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked one.
The last time Pineda took the mound on a cold April night, he was caught using pine tar in Boston to get a better grip and suspended 10 games.
"I'm sure we'll have a lot of eyes on him tonight," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said with a chuckle before the game. "I think he understands, yes. I hope."
THE NEXT GENERATION
Alex Rodriguez went 0 for 4 in his second game since returning from a yearlong drug suspension. With the Yankees already ahead, he struck out looking with the bases loaded in the eighth against 20-year-old Roberto Osuna, who became the youngest pitcher in Blue Jays history.
The 39-year-old Rodriguez was the first major league hitter to face Osuna, who tossed the ball into the dugout as a keepsake. Rodriguez, who earlier flied out to deep left into a stiff wind, had already played in 17 big league games when Osuna was born.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Blue Jays: OF Michael Saunders (left knee) is set to begin a rehab assignment Thursday night with Class A Dunedin. Gibbons said Saunders is coming along quicker than he expected, but there's no target date for his return and it won't be this weekend in Baltimore.
Yankees: Girardi said the team met with RHP Masahiro Tanaka and discussed Tanaka's recent comments through a translator that indicated he expects his velocity to be down this season while pitching with a small tear in his elbow. "I think what he was meaning to say is, I'm not a flamethrower. That's not how I pitch," Girardi said. "My conversations with him, it's a strategic thing. He knows that his four-seamer got hit some last year."
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: Rookie LHP Daniel Norris gets his second major league start Thursday night. The 21-year-old from Tennessee received plenty of attention in spring training for his unusual, rustic lifestyle -- he was living out of his 1978 Volkswagen van in a Wal-Mart parking lot and cooking on a portable stove.
Yankees: CC Sabathia, coming off knee surgery, makes his first start since May 2014 in the series finale. The 34-year-old lefty is 10-1 with a 2.81 ERA in his past 12 games against Toronto.
Hard to blame them.
Chase Headley hit a tiebreaking single that deflected off the wrist of reliever Brett Cecil, and the Yankees rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in chilly conditions Wednesday.
"A little fortuitous, for sure," Headley said. "We fought and clawed and it turned out in our favor."
Michael Pineda pitched six solid innings for the Yankees, who improved to 30-6 at home against Toronto since May 24, 2011. Jacoby Ellsbury scored twice and reached base safely all four times up.
New York took advantage of mistakes by Toronto's bullpen, fighting back from a two-run deficit for its first victory of the season after knuckleballer R.A. Dickey gave the Blue Jays 6 1/3 effective innings.
In front of New York's smallest crowd for a home game in 11 years, Andrew Miller worked a perfect ninth in his Yankees debut for the second save of his career.
"That was pretty cool," Miller said. "It's nice to get your first win under your belt, and I think the 25 guys in here probably kind of can have a little sigh of relief and now we can just get to playing baseball."
Toronto pushed its lead to 3-1 in the eighth when Jose Bautista scored on a throwing error by catcher Brian McCann. But the bullpen couldn't hold it.
Pinch-hitter Chris Young opened the bottom half with a bloop double that eluded rookie second baseman Devon Travis. Ellsbury singled, and Aaron Loup (0-1) loaded the bases when he hit Brett Gardner with a pitch.
Young scored on a wild pitch by Cecil, who forced in the tying run when he plunked McCann with a pitch. Headley then hit a one-hopper that caromed off Cecil's right wrist and past shortstop to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead.
"We imploded. Wind-blown hit, then we hit a couple of guys," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "We coughed it up."
Dellin Betances (1-0) got the win.
Many players wore knit hats and hooded sweat shirts during batting practice, and the game began in a steady drizzle on a 44-degree night at a mostly empty Yankee Stadium. The announced crowd of 31,020 was New York's smallest at home since Sept. 23, 2004, at the old ballpark across 161st street.
The rain soon stopped, but the wind picked up and the raw chill never dissipated.
Pitching in short sleeves, Pineda held the Blue Jays to two runs and six hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked one.
The last time Pineda took the mound on a cold April night, he was caught using pine tar in Boston to get a better grip and suspended 10 games.
"I'm sure we'll have a lot of eyes on him tonight," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said with a chuckle before the game. "I think he understands, yes. I hope."
THE NEXT GENERATION
Alex Rodriguez went 0 for 4 in his second game since returning from a yearlong drug suspension. With the Yankees already ahead, he struck out looking with the bases loaded in the eighth against 20-year-old Roberto Osuna, who became the youngest pitcher in Blue Jays history.
The 39-year-old Rodriguez was the first major league hitter to face Osuna, who tossed the ball into the dugout as a keepsake. Rodriguez, who earlier flied out to deep left into a stiff wind, had already played in 17 big league games when Osuna was born.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Blue Jays: OF Michael Saunders (left knee) is set to begin a rehab assignment Thursday night with Class A Dunedin. Gibbons said Saunders is coming along quicker than he expected, but there's no target date for his return and it won't be this weekend in Baltimore.
Yankees: Girardi said the team met with RHP Masahiro Tanaka and discussed Tanaka's recent comments through a translator that indicated he expects his velocity to be down this season while pitching with a small tear in his elbow. "I think what he was meaning to say is, I'm not a flamethrower. That's not how I pitch," Girardi said. "My conversations with him, it's a strategic thing. He knows that his four-seamer got hit some last year."
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: Rookie LHP Daniel Norris gets his second major league start Thursday night. The 21-year-old from Tennessee received plenty of attention in spring training for his unusual, rustic lifestyle -- he was living out of his 1978 Volkswagen van in a Wal-Mart parking lot and cooking on a portable stove.
Yankees: CC Sabathia, coming off knee surgery, makes his first start since May 2014 in the series finale. The 34-year-old lefty is 10-1 with a 2.81 ERA in his past 12 games against Toronto.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Toronto - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | TOR | NYY |
| Reyes struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Martin lined out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Bautista struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| R.A. Dickey pitching for Toronto | TOR | NYY |
| Ellsbury walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Ellsbury picked off first. | 0 | 0 |
| Gardner struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Beltrán flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | TOR | NYY |
| Encarnación grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Donaldson popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Pompey grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| R.A. Dickey pitching for Toronto | TOR | NYY |
| Teixeira doubled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| McCann flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Headley grounded out to second, Teixeira to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Rodriguez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | TOR | NYY |
| Pillar reached on infield single to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Smoak doubled to deep right, Pillar to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Travis reached on infield single to shortstop, Pillar scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Reyes flied out to right, Smoak to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Martin struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Bautista struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| R.A. Dickey pitching for Toronto | TOR | NYY |
| Drew grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Ellsbury walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Gardner walked, Ellsbury to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Beltrán flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | TOR | NYY |
| Encarnación singled to shallow right center. | 1 | 0 |
| Donaldson struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Pompey flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Pillar popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| R.A. Dickey pitching for Toronto | TOR | NYY |
| Teixeira flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| McCann grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Headley grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | TOR | NYY |
| Smoak grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Travis singled to shallow left. | 1 | 0 |
| Reyes reached on infield single to second, Travis to third, Reyes to second on throwing error by second baseman Drew. | 1 | 0 |
| Martin hit sacrifice fly to right, Travis scored, Reyes to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Bautista struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| R.A. Dickey pitching for Toronto | TOR | NYY |
| Rodriguez flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Drew reached on infield single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Gregorius grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Drew out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | TOR | NYY |
| Encarnación flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Donaldson flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Pompey walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Pillar lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| R.A. Dickey pitching for Toronto | TOR | NYY |
| Ellsbury singled to shallow left center. | 2 | 0 |
| Ellsbury stole second. | 2 | 0 |
| Gardner grounded out to first, Ellsbury to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Beltrán hit sacrifice fly to center, Ellsbury scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Teixeira grounded out to third. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chris Martin pitching for New York | TOR | NYY |
| Martin relieved Pineda. | 2 | 1 |
| Smoak flied out to center. | 2 | 1 |
| Travis grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| Reyes grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| R.A. Dickey pitching for Toronto | TOR | NYY |
| McCann struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Headley singled to left. | 2 | 1 |
| Castro relieved Dickey. | 2 | 1 |
| Rodriguez flied out to left, Headley to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Drew struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dellin Betances pitching for New York | TOR | NYY |
| Betances relieved Martin. | 2 | 1 |
| Martin grounded out to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Bautista walked. | 2 | 1 |
| Encarnación singled to left, Bautista to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Bautista scored, Encarnación safe at second on throwing error by catcher McCann. | 3 | 1 |
| Donaldson walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Pompey grounded out to pitcher, Encarnación to third, Donaldson to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Pillar grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Aaron Loup pitching for Toronto | TOR | NYY |
| Loup relieved Castro. | 3 | 1 |
| Young hit for Gregorius. | 3 | 1 |
| Young doubled to shallow right. | 3 | 1 |
| Ellsbury singled to center, Young to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Gardner hit by pitch, Ellsbury to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Cecil relieved Loup. | 3 | 1 |
| Young scored, Ellsbury to third, Gardner to second on wild pitch by Cecil. | 3 | 2 |
| Beltrán struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Teixeira intentionally walked. | 3 | 2 |
| McCann hit by pitch, Ellsbury scored, Gardner to third, Teixeira to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Headley singled to left, Gardner scored, Teixeira to third, McCann to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Osuna relieved Cecil. | 3 | 4 |
| Rodriguez struck out looking. | 3 | 4 |
| Drew flied out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Miller pitching for New York | TOR | NYY |
| Young in right field. | 3 | 4 |
| Drew at shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Petit at second base. | 3 | 4 |
| Drew at shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Miller relieved Betances. | 3 | 4 |
| Valencia hit for Smoak. | 3 | 4 |
| Valencia grounded out to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Travis struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Reyes grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto Blue Jays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Reyes SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .125 | .222 | .125 |
| Martin C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .143 | .222 | .143 |
| Bautista RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .000 | .111 | .000 |
| Encarnación DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .375 | .375 | .750 |
| Donaldson 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .000 | .125 | .000 |
| Pompey CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
| Pillar LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .375 | .375 | .375 |
| Smoak 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
a-Valencia PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Travis 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .500 | .625 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 156 | |||
| a-grounded to second for J Smoak in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Smoak (1, Pineda) RBI: Travis (2), Martin (3) SF: Martin Blue Jays RISP: 1-7 (Travis 1-1, Pillar 0-1, Pompey 0-1, Martin 0-1, Bautista 0-2, Reyes 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Travis-Reyes-Smoak). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 31,020 (63.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:56 |
| Weather | 44 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 17 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jim Reynolds, First Base - Jerry Meals, Second Base - Paul Schrieber, Third Base - Fieldin Culbreth |
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