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    Yankees’ offense busts out for 16 runs in rout of Blue Jays to snap four-game skid

    By Greg Joyce,

    1 day ago

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    TORONTO — Nearly a week’s worth of frustration came pouring out of the Yankees’ bats in the sixth inning Friday night.

    And they didn’t stop there.

    After using a six-run rally to take the lead in the sixth, the Yankees blew the doors off with a seven-run ninth inning to snap their season-high four-game losing streak in emphatic fashion with a 16-5 win over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

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    Aaron Judge scores a run for the Yankees during their win against the Blue Jays on Friday. AP

    “We always need a win,” said Juan Soto, who gave the Yankees the lead for good with a three-run shot in the sixth. “It’s been a little frustrating [lately], but it is what it is. We just forget about what happens in the past and we came out to play today and did our job.”

    Putting together the kind of full-lineup outburst that they sorely needed, the Yankees (53-31) won for just the third time in their last 12 games to even the series entering the weekend.

    Every member of the starting lineup recorded at least one hit and six of them had multi-hit nights as the Yankees pounded out 18 hits in total.

    “Can’t hold this team down for long,” Marcus Stroman said. “I feel like it was something that was going to happen soon. Just been a little bit of a lull lately, but it was good to see the boys swinging it again.”

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    Juan Soto reacts during the Yankees’ win against the Blue Jays. AP

    Some frustration had begun to boil over in the bottom of the fifth, when the Blue Jays (37-44) broke a 1-1 tie to take a 3-1 lead thanks in part to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. beating out a double play that infuriated Stroman.

    The right-hander was upset with Gleyber Torres, whose throw to first was too late on what would have been a tough twin killing, as the go-ahead run scored from third base on the play.

    But winning solves a lot, and the Yankees made sure that happened on Friday with an immediate response in the top of the sixth.

    No. 9 hitter and DH Jahmai Jones, who enjoyed a three-hit night, led off the inning with a single before Anthony Volpe dropped down a perfect bunt single.

    Soto then got the green light on 3-0 against left-hander Yusei Kikuchi and clobbered a fastball into the right-field seats to put the Yankees ahead 4-3 — their first lead since Saturday.

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    Gleyber Torres homered for the Yankees during their win Friday against the Blue Jays. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

    “Kind of that shot we needed right then,” manager Aaron Boone said.

    Soto said he had no doubt about swinging on 3-0 for his 20th home run of the year.

    “One-hundred percent I’m swinging,” Soto said with a chuckle. “Against a guy like that who has nasty pitches, knowing he’s going to try to get one [strike] right there, definitely I was aggressive.

    That chased Kikuchi from the game and then the Yankees piled on against righty reliever Nate Pearson.

    Aaron Judge, whose heady baserunning to break up a double play had helped score the Yankees’ first run of the night, ripped a bullet off the left-field wall for a single, which J.D. Davis followed with his first hit as a Yankee, an RBI double to the gap to make it 5-3.

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    Marcus Stroman allowed three runs on five hits during the Yankees’ win Friday. Getty Images

    Torres, who sat out the last two games for a “reset” and entered the inning 2-for his last-31, turned on an inside fastball for a two-run shot that pushed the lead to 7-3.

    The Blue Jays got within 7-5 on home runs by Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Guerrero, but the Yankees created more breathing room late.

    Alex Verdugo, who entered the eighth inning 4-for his last-41, drilled an RBI double and DJ LeMahieu added his first extra-base hit of the season in his 89th plate appearance, another RBI double that made it 9-5.

    The Yankees then iced it with a seven-run ninth to reach a season high in runs.

    ”No doubt it feels good to break out like that and have a game like that where you kind of run away,” Boone said. “So that always feel good. Honestly, I feel like these guys have been in a good place and understanding that it’s a little place in time, a tough go, but it’s a confident, focused group. … Just a lot of really, really productive at-bats.

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    Ben Rice and Tim Hill of the New York Yankees celebrate after their MLB game victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Getty Images

    “An outstanding night. Hopefully we carry it into [Saturday].”

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