TORONTO (AP) — w York Yankees back-to-back losers for the first time in more than a month.Freddy Galvis hit a two-run home run Justin Morneau Jersey , Randal Grichuk added a solo shot and the Toronto Blue Jays held off New York 4-3 Tuesday night to end a season-worst six-game slide.“We needed that one,” Galvis saidArticle continues below ...Clint Frazier and Aaron Hicks homered for the AL East-leading Yankees, whose last consecutive defeats came April 30 and May 1 at Arizona. The Yankees lost 8-5 to Boston on Sunday.New York failed to score at least four runs for the first time in 15 games, a streak that began May 19. The Yankees went 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 on base.“We weren’t able to score enough,” manager Aaron Boone said.Toronto closer Ken Giles struck out Gleyber Torres with two on in the ninth to wrap his 11th save, and Eric Sogard had three hits as the Blue Jays won for the first time since beating San Diego on May 26. Toronto went winless on a six-game trip to Tampa Bay and Colorado.“It’s a lot better when we win,” Blue Jays pitcher Clayton Richard said. “It’s a lot more fun. We can listen to music and have a good time together.”The Blue Jays scored just three total runs in their final two losses in Colorado, but they topped that with a four-run fifth against right-hander Masahiro Tanaka.Tanaka (3-5) lost his second straight start, allowing four runs and six hits in six innings.“The home run ball hurt him on a couple of hanging sliders,” Boone said. “That was kind of the difference tonight.”Daniel Hudson (4-2) pitched 1 1/3 innings and Giles got the final four outs.Frazier opened the scoring with a two-run drive off left-hander Clayton Richard in the fourth, his 11th. Earlier in the day, Frazier expressed a mix of defiance and remorse in his first public comments since three defensive mistakes in the last innings of a loss to Boston last weekend.Frazier said his homer “felt good,” and was “much-needed,” but denied using the discussion around him as fuel.“I don’t need motivation through articles that are written,” he said.Grichuk halved the deficit with a leadoff drive in the fifth, his 10th.Cavan Biggio followed with a walk and was initially ruled out on an attempted steal of second http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , but the call was overturned following a video review. One batter later, Galvis gave the Blue Jays the lead with his ninth home run. He is blast snapped an 0-for-16 slump.Sogard hit a two-out double and made it 4-2 when he scored on a base hit by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.“Any time you beat teams like that, they’re big wins,” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. “You have to play your A-game and we did tonight.”Hicks homered off Joe Biagini in the eighth, his second.VLAD WATCHGuerrero has at least one hit in five straight games and is batting .368 (7 for 19) in that span.TRAINER’S ROOMYankees: C Gary Sánchez remained in the game after being struck on the left arm by a bat in the second. … OF Giancarlo Stanton (left biceps strain, left shoulder) got nine at-bats in a simulated game and went through running drills at the team’s minor league complex in Tampa, Florida. Stanton played catch and fielded grounders in right field with Aaron Judge, who has been sidelined since April 21 by a strained left oblique. … RHP Luis Severino (right shoulder) made 50 throws from 60 feet Monday is expected to do the same Wednesday. There’s no date for Severino to throw off the mound. … RHP Dellin Betances (right shoulder) is expected to face live hitters in Tampa on Wednesday.Blue Jays: LHP Tim Mayza (nerve issue in his left elbow) was activated off the 10-day injured list. He takes the place of RHP Justin Shafer, who was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo Monday. … LHP Zac Rosscup cleared waivers Monday and elected free agency.UP NEXTYankees: LHP James Paxton (3-2, 2.81) is 3-1 with a 4.01 ERA in four career starts in Toronto. He pitched a no-hitter for Seattle at Rogers Centre on May 8, 2018.Blue Jays: RHP Trent Thornton (1-4, 4.53) makes his first career start against the Yankees. Thornton has not earned a decision in his past three outings. Two Wins and Five Losses can feel disastrous to open the season, but the odds will turn. Everything’s gonna be alright"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Houston Astros NewsGame ThreadsHouston Astros Minor LeaguesAstros Game DayPodcastsAstros Week One Review. Every Little Thing’s Gonna be AlrightNew,6commentsTwo Wins and Five Losses can feel disastrous to open the season, but the odds will turn. Everything’s gonna be alrightCDTShareTweetShareShareAstros Week One Review. Every Little Thing’s Gonna be AlrightNo, I’m not enjoying the stuff that inspired ole Bob. Granted Byron Buxton Jersey , it might have helped make the last week of baseball a little less bleak. In seven games the Astros scored only 15 runs, hitting only .238 as a team, and worst of all, endured umpire Ron/no Mea Kulpa’s conspiracy with Angel Hernandez to enact vengeance on the Good Guys from H-Town.But every little thing is gonna be alright.I don’t say this because I am just naturally inclined to always keep on the sunny side.I didn’t set out to write a don’t worry, be happy article. Seeing the ineptitude of the Astros bats since at least the third game this week, it has taken every bit of discipline in me not to do thisSo why am I so sanguine? Because when I started studying the statistics it became quite clear that the Astros have been unlucky. Really. In any given seven game stretch this can and will happen in baseball. It just so happened to happen to the Astros in the first week of the season.And it’s not just on the hitting side either.Let’s look.PitchingExcept for one bad outing by Justin Verlander, who surrendered four runs in four innings and couldn’t hit the strike zone with his usual consistency, the pitching has not been a concern.In fact, Collin McHugh and Brad Peacock have exceeded expectations. The team ERA is 2.95, 8th in MLB. And the staff leads the league in K% at 32.9.But the team ERA understates the underlying performance of the staff. The Astros lead the league in FIP, xFIP and SIERA, at 2.41, 2.24, and 2.11 respectively. The left on base percentage is near the bottom of the league at 70.8%, generally considered a bad luck stat that should normalize to a higher rate. They also have one of the higher HR/FB rates, (14%) which over time http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , should normalize downward.In other words, the opposing teams have been lucky with runners in scoring position, and lucky with fly balls going yard.On the other hand, the opposing BABIP is pretty low, .263, but nothing like the totally unsustainable BABIP for current ERA champ the Rays, only .233.HittingOf course this is what is causing so much concern among the Astros faithful. In seven games there have been only 15 runs, 26th in MLB. But all signs point upward.Would you believe that the Astros as a team have a wRC+ of 108, nine percent better than the league average of 99. That’s 11th in the league. Of course, that’s nothing compared to the Mariners. Their wRC+ is 169. That’s sure to last.Right.A number of underlying statistics indicate the Astros bats’ aren’t as bad as their run production indicates. Their K% at 19.9% is 7th lowest in MLB, and the contact rate is 78.4%, fifth best in the league. The BABIP dragon has not been too friendly, at .275 the Stros’ luck could be better.The main reason the Astros have scored so few runs is their utter failure to hit with runners in scoring position, hitting only .095, last by far in MLB. Their clutch rating is -0.90, 29th in MLB. Both of these statistics are outliers http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , products of small sample size, bad luck.They will normalize over time.The luck will turn.They’ll hit with runners in scoring position with the same regularity as they do otherwise soon enough.The modern Astros have had slow starts before. The 2017 World Series Astros had a .714 OPS after seven games, compared to the current .667. If the bats break out today against the A’s they’ll be up to that level in one game. Of course the Astros in 2017 overcame their slow start to become one of the greatest slugging teams in History. One more ephemeral bad statistic that should normalize.Fangraphs rates the Astros’ overall base running as a -1.6.That’s not only the worst in the league, it’s twice as low as the next worst team. Yes, they have been bad, stealing only six times, getting caught stealing five times, and making base running mistakes, but they won’t stay twice as bad as the next worst base running team for the rest of the year.It’s been a bad week in the History of the Astros, but with a day off yesterday, today is a whole new beginning. Go Stros.There’s still a rainbow ahead for the Astros.