Kuroda Impressive in Shortened Game

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Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Blue Jays on Wednesday. (Getty Images)
The Yankees were able to sweep the Toronto Blue Jays with their 6-0 victory on Wednesday. The Game was delayed in the seventh inning, and was later called. Hiroki Kuroda was outstanding in his outing and pitched his first complete game since 2008. 

Kuroda allowed 0 runs on 4 hits in 7 innings of work. He struck out 5 and didn't allow a walk. He finished with 108 pitches, in which 78 of them were for strikes.

The Yankees did their damage in the first inning after they were able to score 4 runs off of Ricky Romero. Mark Teixeira highlighted the inning with a two-run home run to left field.

Robinson Cano extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a double in the first inning.

The Yankees will fly out to Oakland to begin a four game set with the Athletics on Thursday.


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