The Yankees gave up 10 runs in the sixth inning and fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 12-7 >> Box Score

Here's six takeaways from the game

1. The Yankees got things started with a bang in the first inning with back-to-back solo home runs from Luke Voit and Aaron Hicks to take a quick 2-0 lead. It was just the second time this season that the Yankees hit back-to-back home runs, and the third time in the 28 innings prior that they'd even gotten back-to-back hits.

The bomb was Voit's 14th of the season, good for a second-place tie in MLB and first place tie in the AL.

2. The Blue Jays got right back into things in the bottom of the frame with a leadoff double starting things off and another double two batters later to trim the lead to 2-1. Then in the second, they tied it on a throwing error by Aaron Hicks.

3. After a Miguel Andujar solo homer in the fourth gave the Yankees the slim lead back, New York broke things open on a Clint Frazier double in the fifth that brought in two runs.

A bases loaded walk by Hicks in the next inning brought Thairo Estrada in from third to extend the lead to 6-2.

4. Everything blew up for the Yankees in the bottom of the sixth, when they allowed the Blue Jays to score a whopping 10 runs and all but shatter New York's hopes of taking the first game of the series.

Chad Green and Adam Ottavino combined to allow nine straight runners to reach base, with five hits, four walks and an error being capped off by a grand slam to reset the bases and make it 12-6 Toronto.

The half inning lasted 43 minutes and saw 67 pitches thrown. It was the first time the Yankees allowed 10 runs in an inning since 2015.

5. Clarke Schmidt saw some action in the bottom of the eighth, striking out two and walking two in a scoreless inning.

6. The Yankees got one run in in the ninth to end things at 12-7 in a game that really came down to one extremely bad inning for New York.

What's Next

The Yankes and Jays will go at it again Tuesday at 6:37 p.m. in Buffalo, with J.A. Happ and Taijuan Walker taking the mound.

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