The match between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays will take place at Yankee Stadium in New York City, New York on Thursday, August 18 at 7:05 PM ET.
New York Yankees will welcome the Toronto Blue Jays to Yankee Stadium for Game 1 of their series in another round of MLB action. The Yankees have an overall season record of 73-45 and come into this game on the back of an 8-7 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. They sit in first place on the AL East table with a win percentage of .619. New York will look to win this series after they lost the last one against the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1.
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— New York Yankees (@Yankees) August 18, 2022
The Yankees’ offence has scored 605 runs this season at an average of .242 and an on base percentage of .327. Josh Donaldson starred in the last game as he hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning. After the game, Donaldson said, “The guys were pumped. I think just how the game progressed and how the back-and-forth battle happened there, and we were able to kind of come back there with our backs against the wall. I definitely think there was some release of some joy and some frustration over the past couple of weeks for sure.”
On the other hand, the Blue Jays stand at 62-54 for the season and come into this game on the back of a 6-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles. They sit in third place on the AL East standings with a win percentage of .534. Before the win in their last match, Toronto lost three games on the trot and will look to have a good run in the series against New York.
Toronto’s offence has scored 544 runs this season at an average of .262 and an on base percentage of .325. Ross Stripling was the star of the show for the Blue Jays in the last match against the Orioles. He had seven strikeouts in six innings and did not give away a single run. After the game, outfielder George Springer spoke glowingly about Striping’s performance. He said, “It was everything our team needed and more. He was incredible the way he operated today.”
Yankees | Blue Jays |
Andrew Benintendi | Matt Chapman |
Aaron Judge | Vladimir Guerrero Jr |
Gleyber Torres | Lourdes Gurriel Jr |
Anthony Rizzo | Alejandro Kirk |
Josh Donaldson | Teoscar Hernandez |
Oswaldo Cabrera | Bo Bichette |
Jose Trevino | Raimel Tapia |
Isiah Kiner-Falefa | Santiago Espinal |
Aaron Hicks | Danny Jansen |
Yankees: Luis Severino, Stephen Ridings, Harrison Bader, Zack Britton, Michael King, Chad Green, Giancarlo Stanton, Miguel Castro, Clay Holmes, Matt Carpenter
Blue Jays: Hyun-Jin Ryu, Nate Pearson, Tim Mayza, Tayler Saucedo, Julian Merryweather
The match between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays will take place at Yankee Stadium in New York City, New York on Thursday, August 18 at 7:05 PM ET.
The match between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays will be telecast live on SNET and YES. You can also subscribe to MLB.com and watch from any corner of the world.
Country | Channel | Date and Time |
United States | SNET, YES | August 18 (7:05 PM ET) |
When the odds are 1.71 the expected chance of winning is 58%, but this team actually wins 50% matches with these odds.
When the odds are 2.20 the expected chance of winning is 45%, but this team actually wins 48% matches with these odds.