TORONTO -- With Masahiro Tanaka injured and CC Sabathia struggling, the New York Yankees could use a reliable ace.
Once again, Michael Pineda proved he's up to the task.
Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer, Pineda matched his career high with eight shutout innings and the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 Tuesday night.
"He's been as good as anyone we've got," manager Joe Girardi said of Pineda, who hadn't pitched eight innings since doing it against Kansas City in September 2011.
Pineda (4-0) allowed five hits and struck out six to win his fourth straight road start, a streak that began in Boston last September. The right-hander has road wins over all four division opponents in that span.
"Big Mike, he pitched great tonight," teammate Jacoby Ellsbury said. "He looked tremendous."
Ellsbury looked good, too. He had three hits, stole two bases and scored twice as the AL East leaders improved to 11-4 away from home, the best road record in the league. Alex Rodriguez gave Pineda an early cushion with a two-run double in the first.
New York has gone 14-4 since a 3-6 start.
"I'm proud of pitching eight innings tonight and helping the bullpen a little bit," Pineda said.
Russell Martin's double gave Toronto runners at second and third with two outs in the third, but Pineda got Edwin Encarnacion to fly out. That was the only inning in which Pineda allowed multiple runners.
"He was good. He shut down a hot offense," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.
David Carpenter allowed three runs in the ninth, including a solo homer by Martin. Andrew Miller got one out for his 11th save, stranding runners at first and second.
"It's not what you want to do, but we had to," Girardi said of bringing in Miller.
Teixeira, held out of the lineup Monday because of a sore muscle in his lower back, homered off Marco Estrada in the fifth. It was the 373rd career home run for Teixeira, tying him with teammate Carlos Beltran for fourth-most by a switch-hitter.
"I've played with Carlos and Chipper Jones and Lance Berkman, three of the best switch-hitters of our generation," Teixeira said. "It's been a lot of fun playing with those guys."
Estrada (1-1) allowed five runs, four earned, and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings in his first start of the season. He took the rotation spot of Daniel Norris, optioned to Triple-A last Friday.
The Yankees jumped on Estrada by scoring twice before he got an out. Ellsbury led off with a single, went to third on Brett Gardner's double, and both runners scored on Rodriguez's double.
DREW ENDS DROUGHT
Stephen Drew's single in the sixth snapped an 0-for-19 slump. Drew singled again in the eighth, his third multihit game of the season.
RARE EVENT
Pineda issued his third base on balls of the season with a leadoff walk to Ezequiel Carrera in the third. Pineda had gone 20 innings since his previous walk, to Tampa Bay's David DeJesus on April 19.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: INF-OF Jose Pirela returned from his minor league rehab assignment. Pirela sustained a concussion when he crashed into the outfield wall during a spring training game. He's expected to be activated Wednesday. ... In the eighth, 3B Gregorio Petit struck out on a pitch that hit him in the right hand. Petit stayed in for the bottom half, but Rodriguez replaced him in the ninth. X-rays were negative and Petit will be examined again Wednesday. ... 3B Chase Headley (sore lower back) got the night off.
Blue Jays: OF Michael Saunders is expected to be held out until Friday after getting a cortisone shot and having fluid drained from his left knee Monday. Saunders was unlikely to start against Sabathia on Wednesday, and the Blue Jays are off Thursday. ... INF-OF Danny Valencia was held out of the lineup. Valencia sprained his ankle when he stepped awkwardly while climbing the stairs to the clubhouse following Monday's game. Chris Colabello, called up from Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday, started in left field.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: LHP Mark Buehrle is 1-14 in 21 career starts against the Yankees, with his lone victory coming in 2004. He has allowed 13 earned runs in his past two outings, both losses.
Yankees: Sabathia is winless in five starts this season but owns a 15-5 record in 21 career outings against Toronto, including a 10-2 mark in his past 13 games.
Once again, Michael Pineda proved he's up to the task.
Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer, Pineda matched his career high with eight shutout innings and the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 Tuesday night.
"He's been as good as anyone we've got," manager Joe Girardi said of Pineda, who hadn't pitched eight innings since doing it against Kansas City in September 2011.
Pineda (4-0) allowed five hits and struck out six to win his fourth straight road start, a streak that began in Boston last September. The right-hander has road wins over all four division opponents in that span.
"Big Mike, he pitched great tonight," teammate Jacoby Ellsbury said. "He looked tremendous."
Ellsbury looked good, too. He had three hits, stole two bases and scored twice as the AL East leaders improved to 11-4 away from home, the best road record in the league. Alex Rodriguez gave Pineda an early cushion with a two-run double in the first.
New York has gone 14-4 since a 3-6 start.
"I'm proud of pitching eight innings tonight and helping the bullpen a little bit," Pineda said.
Russell Martin's double gave Toronto runners at second and third with two outs in the third, but Pineda got Edwin Encarnacion to fly out. That was the only inning in which Pineda allowed multiple runners.
"He was good. He shut down a hot offense," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.
David Carpenter allowed three runs in the ninth, including a solo homer by Martin. Andrew Miller got one out for his 11th save, stranding runners at first and second.
"It's not what you want to do, but we had to," Girardi said of bringing in Miller.
Teixeira, held out of the lineup Monday because of a sore muscle in his lower back, homered off Marco Estrada in the fifth. It was the 373rd career home run for Teixeira, tying him with teammate Carlos Beltran for fourth-most by a switch-hitter.
"I've played with Carlos and Chipper Jones and Lance Berkman, three of the best switch-hitters of our generation," Teixeira said. "It's been a lot of fun playing with those guys."
Estrada (1-1) allowed five runs, four earned, and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings in his first start of the season. He took the rotation spot of Daniel Norris, optioned to Triple-A last Friday.
The Yankees jumped on Estrada by scoring twice before he got an out. Ellsbury led off with a single, went to third on Brett Gardner's double, and both runners scored on Rodriguez's double.
DREW ENDS DROUGHT
Stephen Drew's single in the sixth snapped an 0-for-19 slump. Drew singled again in the eighth, his third multihit game of the season.
RARE EVENT
Pineda issued his third base on balls of the season with a leadoff walk to Ezequiel Carrera in the third. Pineda had gone 20 innings since his previous walk, to Tampa Bay's David DeJesus on April 19.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: INF-OF Jose Pirela returned from his minor league rehab assignment. Pirela sustained a concussion when he crashed into the outfield wall during a spring training game. He's expected to be activated Wednesday. ... In the eighth, 3B Gregorio Petit struck out on a pitch that hit him in the right hand. Petit stayed in for the bottom half, but Rodriguez replaced him in the ninth. X-rays were negative and Petit will be examined again Wednesday. ... 3B Chase Headley (sore lower back) got the night off.
Blue Jays: OF Michael Saunders is expected to be held out until Friday after getting a cortisone shot and having fluid drained from his left knee Monday. Saunders was unlikely to start against Sabathia on Wednesday, and the Blue Jays are off Thursday. ... INF-OF Danny Valencia was held out of the lineup. Valencia sprained his ankle when he stepped awkwardly while climbing the stairs to the clubhouse following Monday's game. Chris Colabello, called up from Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday, started in left field.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: LHP Mark Buehrle is 1-14 in 21 career starts against the Yankees, with his lone victory coming in 2004. He has allowed 13 earned runs in his past two outings, both losses.
Yankees: Sabathia is winless in five starts this season but owns a 15-5 record in 21 career outings against Toronto, including a 10-2 mark in his past 13 games.
7:07PM,EDT,May 5,2015
Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Estrada pitching for Toronto | NYY | TOR |
| Ellsbury singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Gardner doubled to right center, Ellsbury to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Rodriguez doubled to left, Ellsbury and Gardner scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Teixeira grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Rodriguez out at third. | 2 | 0 |
| McCann fouled out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Beltrán lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYY | TOR |
| Travis grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Donaldson flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Martin doubled to deep right. | 2 | 0 |
| Encarnación struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Marco Estrada pitching for Toronto | NYY | TOR |
| Drew struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Petit reached on infield single to third, Petit to second on throwing error by third baseman Donaldson. | 2 | 0 |
| Ellsbury singled to left, Petit scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Ellsbury stole second. | 3 | 0 |
| Gardner lined out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYY | TOR |
| Smoak lined out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Pillar grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Colabello singled to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Goins grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Marco Estrada pitching for Toronto | NYY | TOR |
| Rodriguez flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Teixeira grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| McCann singled to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Beltrán struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYY | TOR |
| Carrera walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Travis grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Carrera out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| Donaldson popped out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Martin doubled to left, Travis to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Encarnación flied out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Marco Estrada pitching for Toronto | NYY | TOR |
| Drew grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Gregorius flied out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Petit grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYY | TOR |
| Smoak struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Pillar flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Colabello grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Marco Estrada pitching for Toronto | NYY | TOR |
| Ellsbury singled to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Gardner lined out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Ellsbury stole second. | 3 | 0 |
| Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop, Ellsbury to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Teixeira homered to right center (433 feet), Ellsbury scored. | 5 | 0 |
| Francis relieved Estrada. | 5 | 0 |
| McCann grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYY | TOR |
| Goins struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Carrera struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Travis doubled to deep center. | 5 | 0 |
| Donaldson grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Francis pitching for Toronto | NYY | TOR |
| Beltrán grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Drew singled to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Gregorius grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Drew out at second. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYY | TOR |
| Martin struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Encarnación singled to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Smoak grounded into double play, first to shortstop, Encarnación out at second. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Steve Delabar pitching for Toronto | NYY | TOR |
| Delabar relieved Francis. | 5 | 0 |
| Petit grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Ellsbury grounded out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| Gardner walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Rodriguez flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYY | TOR |
| Pillar fouled out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| Colabello struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Goins flied out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chad Jenkins pitching for Toronto | NYY | TOR |
| Jenkins relieved Delabar. | 5 | 0 |
| Teixeira grounded out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| McCann walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Beltrán flied out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Drew singled to right, McCann to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Gregorius singled to center, McCann scored, Drew to third. | 6 | 0 |
| Petit struck out swinging. | 6 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYY | TOR |
| Young in right field. | 6 | 0 |
| Carrera grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 0 |
| Travis grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 0 |
| Donaldson grounded out to second. | 6 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Chad Jenkins pitching for Toronto | NYY | TOR |
| Ellsbury flied out to center. | 6 | 0 |
| Gardner struck out looking. | 6 | 0 |
| Rodriguez flied out to right. | 6 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| David Carpenter pitching for New York | NYY | TOR |
| Rodriguez at third base. | 6 | 0 |
| Carpenter relieved Pineda. | 6 | 0 |
| Martin homered to left center (359 feet). | 6 | 1 |
| Encarnación grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 1 |
| Smoak flied out to left. | 6 | 1 |
| Pillar walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Pillar to second on fielder's indifference. | 6 | 1 |
| Colabello hit a ground rule double to deep center, Pillar scored. | 6 | 2 |
| Goins singled to right, Colabello scored. | 6 | 3 |
| Miller relieved Carpenter. | 6 | 3 |
| Bautista hit for Carrera. | 6 | 3 |
| Goins to second on fielder's indifference. | 6 | 3 |
| Bautista walked. | 6 | 3 |
| Travis flied out to right. | 6 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Ellsbury CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .358 | .433 | .415 |
| Gardner LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | .309 | .404 | .444 |
| Rodriguez DH-3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .227 | .340 | .489 |
| Teixeira 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .205 | .324 | .602 |
| McCann C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .250 | .311 | .413 |
| Beltrán RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .193 | .236 | .313 |
Young RF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .375 | .677 |
| Drew 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .167 | .247 | .359 |
| Gregorius SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .215 | .276 | .241 |
| Petit 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .200 | .256 | .286 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
Miller P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 37 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 156 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Gardner (5, Estrada); Rodriguez (5, Estrada) HR: Teixeira (10, 5th inning off Estrada 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Rodriguez 2 (16), Ellsbury (4), Teixeira 2 (22), Gregorius (5) 2-out RBI: Ellsbury, Teixeira 2, Gregorius GIDP: Gregorius Yankees RISP: 4-8 (Teixeira 1-2, Gregorius 1-1, Gardner 0-1, Petit 0-1, Rodriguez 1-2, Ellsbury 1-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Ellsbury 2 (11, 2nd base off Estrada/Martin 2) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Teixeira-Gregorius). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON |
| Attendance | 21,519 (43.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:54 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Ed Hickox, First Base - Toby Basner, Second Base - Dana DeMuth, Third Base - Mike Estabrook |
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