New York Falls To Toronto Despite Aaron Judge's 28th Home Run As CC Sabathia Returned From A Stint On The Disabled List

Aaron Judge was the only bright spot for New York on July 4th as they took on Toronto as veteran left-hander CC Sabathia returned from a stint on the disabled list with a left- hamstring strain. 

J.A Happ worked through the Yankees' injury-depleted lineup with ease, and the Blue Jays took advantage of a two-out walk from CC Sabathia in the third, as Toronto ended a five-game losing streak with a 4-1 win on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/240428014/ja-happ-blue-jays-shut-down-yankees/

Happ (3-5, 3.47 ERA) tossed six innings of one-run ball, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out six in his fifth straight quality start. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/240428014/ja-happ-blue-jays-shut-down-yankees/

His lone blemish came when Aaron Judge scorched a home run in the fourth inning, which left a dent in a left-center field gate. It traveled 456 feet and had an exit velocity of 118.4 mph, according to Statcast which made it the fourth-hardest-hit homer in the Majors this year -- all by Judge. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/240428014/ja-happ-blue-jays-shut-down-yankees/

We're in a position to kind of break out a little bit," Happ said when asked about snapping his club's recent skid. "We just want to keep ourselves in those kind of positions, where the right things happen, keep playing good baseball and it will go our way. It certainly feels good. Now we have to go get this one tomorrow, get this series and get back home. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/240428014/ja-happ-blue-jays-shut-down-yankees/

As for the rest of the New York offense, Two of the four hits the Yankees had against Happ came on infield dribblers, one from Gary Sanchez  and the other from Ronald Torreyes  The lefty allowed a bloop single from Chase Headley as wThe Yankees have three starters -- All-Star Starlin Castro, Matt Holliday, and  Aaron Hicks  -- on the disabled list, and their absence was felt at the plate. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/240428014/ja-happ-blue-jays-shut-down-yankees/

It's tough. We started off hot and everyone was healthy," Judge said. "We were firing on all cylinders. Then a couple of people went down." "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/240428014/ja-happ-blue-jays-shut-down-yankees/

Sabathia (7-3, 3.81 ERA), who was making his first start since coming off the 10-day disabled list, retired the first eight batters he saw before allowing four two-out runs in the third inning. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/240428014/ja-happ-blue-jays-shut-down-yankees/

As for Toronto's offense, Jose Bautista had an RBI single, Justin Smoak walked with the bases loaded to put the Blue Jays up 2-0, and Kendryes Morales delivered the final blow when his single to left brought two runs home. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/240428014/ja-happ-blue-jays-shut-down-yankees/

After the single, Sabathia was relieved by Adam Warren, who was also activated from the DL prior to Tuesday's game. Warren got the Yankees out of the inning without further damage, but he didn't go back out to pitch the fourth. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/240428014/ja-happ-blue-jays-shut-down-yankees/

New York dropped to 44-38 and is now four games back in the American League East to their rival Boston. Toronto meanwhile improves to 38-45 and is fifth in the division. 

New York and Toronto will finish up their series today at Yankee Stadium. Right -hander Michael Pineda will be making the start for New York. He has a record of 8-4 with a 4.05 earn run average. Pineda picked up the win in his last outing, limiting the Astros to three runs (two earned) and seven hits over six innings. He lost to the Blue Jays on June 2 at Toronto, allowing five runs in five innings. He will be going up against Toronto right -hander Marco Estrada who has a record of 4-6 with a 4.86 earn run average. Estrada set a career high with seven walks in his last outing against the Redsox. He has walked at least four in three consecutive starts, and he's coming off a month in which  he posted a 9.11 earn run average. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-yankees/2017/07/05/491377#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=491377

First pitch is set for 1:05 pm.https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-yankees/2017/07/05/491377#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=491377 The game will be televised on Yes and Major League Baseball Network. "according to