Aaron Hicks' bat, glove lead Yankees past hot-hitting Blue Jays

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Aaron Hicks hit a go-ahead two-run homer and made a jumping catch in his first left-field start in four years, leading the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 on Tuesday night.

New York scored first for the first time in five games this season when Hicks drove a 2-0 slider from Yusei Kikuchi (0-1) into the right-center field seats in the second inning, Hicks’ first home run since last April 30.

"I hit it well but I didn’t think it was going to go out," Hicks said. "I thought I might be able to get it off the wall or at least be able to have a sacrifice fly."

Nestor Cortes and four relievers combined on a five-hitter, quieting a Blue Jays’ offense that produced 23 runs and 38 hits in the first four games.

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New York Yankees' Aaron Hicks watches his two-run home run during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in New York.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Hicks, who didn’t play after May 12 last year because of wrist injury that needed surgery, had not started in left since Sept. 29, 2017.

With two outs and none on in the second, the Yankees moved second baseman Gleyber Torres to near the left-field line with Matt Chapman at the plate as part of a four-man outfield that saw Hicks stationed in left-center.

Hicks took a step in and made a slight jump for the catch.

"Just my first route, it was kind of shaky in the beginning, but once I started to get a little bit more comfortable out there, it was all right, " Hicks said. "The four-man outfield kind of messed me up but overall, I felt like it was pretty good."

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