TORONTO — The Yankees played north of the border Monday but their offense appeared to have gotten stuck in customs.
Chris Bassitt quieted the Yankees bats across 6 ⅓ innings to lift the Blue Jays to a 3-1 win in the series opener on Monday night at Rogers Centre.
Bassitt, the ex-Mets right-hander, allowed just one run on four singles and two walks while navigating his way through the Yankees lineup.
He became only the second opposing starter this season to pitch into the seventh inning against the Yankees (12-5), who have now lost consecutive games for the first time this year.
The Yankees actually struck first in the second inning when Gleyber Torres, Alex Verdugo and Oswaldo Cabrera strung together three straight singles for the 1-0 lead.
But that was their only real scoring threat of the game as Bassitt got out of the jam and then largely cruised the rest of the night.
Luis Gil, meanwhile, needed 74 pitches just to record nine outs but managed to make it through five innings, though the damage was done by then.
The right-hander walked a career-high seven batters, which led to two of the three runs he gave up.
After Cavan Biggio led off the second inning with a double, Gil walked three straight batters — the third being ex-Yankee Isiah Kiner-Falefa, which forced in a run to tie the game.
The go-ahead run scored soon after on a wild pitch, giving the Blue Jays (9-8) the lead for good.
In the third inning, Bo Bichette singled and two strikeouts later, came around to score on an RBI double from Alejandro Kirk that made it 3-1.
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