Michael Pineda Denide His Seventh Win Of The Season As Toronto Goes Yard

Friday night's  performance by New York right -hander  Michael Pineda against Toronto in game two of the four -game series  was anything but great as Toronto had their way with the home run ball.

"It's a little tough because this is a good lineup," Michael  Pineda said. "You want to compete with your best stuff on the mound. For me today, I don't have my best stuff. I tried to grind on the mound and give the opportunity to my team. It happens sometimes."

Otherwise, Michael Pineda was forced to make do without his best weapons as Toronto snapped his string of nine starts permitting three earned runs or fewer, thumping the right-hander for five runs and 10 hits in the Yankees' 7-5 loss at Rogers Centre on Friday. " Michael Pineda had this to say about his outing. 

"It's a little tough because this is a good lineup," Pineda said. "You want to compete with your best stuff on the mound. For me today, I don't have my best stuff. I tried to grind on the mound and give the opportunity to my team. It happens sometimes."

Josh Donaldson and Justin Smoak homered in a three-run first inning, and the Yankees never led in the contest. Smoak added a third-inning sacrifice fly and Maile scored on a fourth-inning wild pitch that prompted pitching coach Larry Rothschild to make the second of his two slow trudges to the mound. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233937362/michael-pineda-takes-loss-against-blue-jays/

Meanwhile, New York manager Joe Girardi had this to say about  Michael Pineda's start. Pineda's] stuff wasn't sharp," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "His location wasn't good. You look at the slider that Donaldson hit, he doesn't throw many sliders like that. He gave up the three in the first and kind of battled through the next four innings, but he just wasn't very sharp." "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233937362/michael-pineda-takes-loss-against-blue-jays/

Pineda said that he was trying to throw a fastball away to Smoak, but the pitch cut toward the middle of the plate. Smoak didn't miss it, slugging a 410-foot drive into the second deck in right field.

"I feel like everything he throws is hard," Smoak said. "Hard slider, hard changeup, split-finger. Honestly, my approach was really to get on the fastball and try to stay in the middle of the field. If I was going to get a breaking ball up and over the plate, I was going to be able to do something with it. I felt like [I had to] be ready for the hard stuff." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233937362/michael-pineda-takes-loss-against-blue-jays/

On the night the right-hander Michael Pineda issued three walks for the second consecutive start after permitting just nine in his first 53 2/3 innings this season. The home runs have been more prevalent; Pineda has served up six in the first innings of contests, tying for the big league lead, and 13 overall. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233937362/michael-pineda-takes-loss-against-blue-jays/

On the night Michael Pineda had this to say about his outing against Toronto. 

My command today is not like it used to be," Pineda said. "It happens sometimes, you know? When you don't have your best command, you get in trouble."http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233937362/michael-pineda-takes-loss-against-blue-jays/

Every player in Toronto's lineup had a hit by the end of the fifth. Girardi had the bullpen stirring in the fourth but elected to stick with Pineda. according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233937362/michael-pineda-takes-loss-against-blue-jays/

"He got through the first, he gave up the three, he got through the second," Girardi said. "We had guys up in the fourth, we had guys up in the fifth, but he seemed to get out of the innings. That's why we didn't lift him earlier." "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233937362/michael-pineda-takes-loss-against-blue-jays/

Pineda said that he would not read much into registering only one strikeout, his lowest total since fanning none in a June 22, 2015, outing against the Phillies (3 1/3 innings pitched). "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233937362/michael-pineda-takes-loss-against-blue-jays/

Michael Pineda had this to say about Toronto's lineup "It's a really good, aggressive lineup. They swing at everything," Pineda said of the Blue Jays. "They're swinging early. This lineup, they're swinging, so I don't focus on getting strikeouts. I'm focusing on making a good start and giving an opportunity to my team to win." "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233937362/michael-pineda-takes-loss-against-blue-jays/

New York drops to 31-21 while Toronto improves to 27-28 on the season. New York and Toronto will play game three of their four -game set Saturday. 

Rookie left -hander Jordan Montgomery will be on the mound for New York. He has a record of 2-4 with a 4.11 earn run average. The rookie is coming off his shortest outing of 2017 as he pitched 4/1/3 innings that required 100 pitches. While he has struggled with deep counts while he has walked just one or fewer batters in three of his last four starts. He will go up against Toronto right -hander Joe Biagini who has a record of 1-3 with a 3.64 earn run average. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-blue-jays/2017/06/03/490936#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490936

First pitch is set for 1:07 pm. The game will be televised on the Major League Baseball Network. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-blue-jays/2017/06/03/490936#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490936