Blue Jays 4, Yankees 2
TORONTO -- Josh Donaldson extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a three-run homer, Marcus Stroman pitched eight innings and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 4-2 on Thursday night.
Troy Tulowitzki added a solo homer for the Blue Jays (5-5), who took the rubber match of the three-game series after the Yankees (4-4) won the opener on Tuesday.
Stroman (2-0) is 3-0 in his 5-1 in his career against the Yankees. He held them to three hits, two walks, a hit batter and two runs. The right-hander struck out three.
Right-hander Roberto Osuna pitched the ninth to earn his fourth save of the season.
Yankees right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (0-1) allowed seven hits -- including two home runs -- and four runs in 6 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out eight in his second start of the season
After Donaldson had given the Blue Jays a 3-2 lead with his home run in the fifth inning, Tulowitzki hit his second homer of the season with one out in the sixth on the first pitch to increase the lead to two runs.
Eovaldi was replaced by right-hander Johnny Barbato in the seventh after Donaldson doubled with two out.
Each team had one baserunner that reached on a single in the first three innings.
With one out in the fourth, Stroman hit Alex Rodriguez with a two-strike pitch and Mark Teixeira followed with a double.
The Yankees loaded the bases when Brian McCann was given an infield single on a grounder up the middle that might have been a double play had second baseman Ryan Goins been able to control the ball.
The Yankees scored a run when Carlos Beltran forced McCann at second with a grounder to Goins and barely beat shortstop Troy Tulowitzki's throw to first.
After a walk to Chase Headley loaded the bases, a wild pitch scored the second run of the inning.
The Blue Jays did not score in the home fourth despite a one-out walk to Jose Bautista followed by a double by Edwin Encarnacion.
Donaldson's fifth homer of the season with two outs in the fifth gave the Blue Jays a 3-2 lead. It scored Russell Martin, who walked, and Kevin Pillar, who doubled.
NOTES: Yankees C Brian McCann returned to the lineup Thursday, wearing some extra padding on his shoe. He took a foul tip off his big toe Tuesday, missed the ninth inning of that game and did not play at all on Wednesday. ... The Yankees officially announced Thursday that OF/1B Nick Swisher had been signed to a minor league contract and assigned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ... After completing a six-game homestand on Thursday, the Blue Jays go on the road for seven games at Boston and Baltimore. RHP R.A. Dickey (1-1, 8.10 ERA) will start Friday for Toronto against Boston RHP Rick Porcello (1-0, 6.00) in the opener of a four-game series at Fenway Park. ... The Yankees will start RHP Luis Severino (0-1, 5.40 ERA) against Seattle Mariners RHP Nathan Karns (0-1, 7.20 ERA) to begin a three-game series that kicks off a nine-game homestand at Yankee Stadium.