The visiting New York Yankees could use continued contributions from Jasson Dominguez and Paul Goldschmidt Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of their series with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Dominguez hit a solo home run in the fourth inning Saturday – the only hit allowed by Toronto’s Kevin Gausman over seven innings – to tie the game at 1.
Goldschmidt hit a two-run blast in the ninth against Toronto closer Louis Varland, who had not allowed a homer this season, to provide the decisive hit in the Yankees’ 3-1 victory.
It was only the second win in their past 11 games at the Rogers Centre for the Yankees since the start of the 2025 season and gave them a split of the first two games of the series that will end Sunday.
Dominguez did not arrive at the ballpark until about 2 p.m. Saturday, an hour before first pitch, after being recalled from his rehabilitation assignment when Trent Grisham was put on the injured list with a strained right hamstring. The Yankees already are without Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.
Dominguez had to wait at the airport in Toronto for his bats. “Four shots of espresso, two Red Bulls and one pre-workout later, I was ready to go,” Domínguez quipped. “It was a long day for me, but that’s all that was in my mind – be ready, be able to come and it doesn’t matter if I didn’t sleep or whatever, just be able to play and help the team.”
Goldschmidt has been on a hot streak when the Yankees have needed it most.
Over his past 35 games, he is batting .315/.376/.567 with six doubles, eight home runs and 28 RBIs. He is hitting .333 with four homers and 17 RBIs in his past 15 games.
“He’s been coming up huge,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Just when you think some righties hold him down a little bit, he comes up with a big at-bat. We’ve needed every bit of it. He continues to just be massively productive right in the middle of our order.”
The Yankees are scheduled to start right-hander Will Warren (7-1, 3.41 ERA) Sunday. He is 1-0, 11.00, in two career starts against the Blue Jays, including a 1-0, 5.40 mark this season.
Toronto is slated to start left-hander Patrick Corbin (2-3, 4.55), who is 2-1, 3.53 in eight career starts against the Yankees. He is 0-0, 6.75, in one start against them this season.
The Blue Jays squandered several chances on Saturday. They were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 runners.
“Just didn’t get the big hit,” Toronto manager John Schneider said.
Toronto played without Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who was out with a tight lower back.
“His back was a little tight yesterday, and he’s been kind of grinding a little bit, so we just wanted to give him a blow,” Schneider said. “I’m hoping (Sunday) will be better. He was still sore and then it’s the toss-up between getting fired up (Saturday) and go have an at-bat or let it calm down and try to be in there (Sunday) with the off-day Monday. He’s way too valuable to lose. We’ll know more later.”
Alejandro Kirk, who returned from the IL with three hits and two RBIs in Toronto’s 8-5 win on Friday, also was given the day off on Saturday.
Toronto’s run on Saturday came on Kazuma Okamoto’s second homer of the series and team-best 15th of the season.
-Field Level Media
