Blue Jays 3, Yankees 1
TORONTO -- Jose Bautista hit a two-run homer and Drew Hutchison pitched into the seventh inning Sunday as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 3-1.
The Blue Jays (65-54) avoided being swept by winning the finale of the three-games and moved back to within a half game of the first-place Yankees (64-52) in the American League East.
Hutchison (12-2) allowed three hits, one walk and one run in 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander struck out five.
The only run Hutchison allowed came on a home run by Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury in the sixth.
Yankees right-hander Luis Severino (0-2) allowed five hits, three walks and three runs in six innings. He struck out nine.
The Blue Jays scored all three runs in the third inning.
Yankees right fielder Carlos Beltran lost a fly by Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki in the sun and the ball dropped for a double with two outs.
Third baseman Josh Donaldson scored Tulowitzki with a single to right. Bautista, the Blue Jays right fielder, followed with his 28th homer of the season on a 2-1 slider.
Hutchison allowed a single to Ellsbury to open the game but he was caught stealing to end the first. Hutchison did not allow another runner until he walked designated hitter Alex Rodriguez with two outs in the fourth. He hit catcher Brian McCann with a pitch to lead off the fifth, and that runner was erased on a double play.
The second Yankees hit also was by Ellsbury, who slammed his sixth homer of the season to right on an 0-1 fastball with two outs in the sixth inning.
Hutchison was replaced by left-hander Brett Cecil with two outs in the seventh after McCann dumped a double into right-center that eluded center fielder Kevin Pillar's diving attempt. Cecil retired Beltran on a fly to center.
Right-hander Aaron Sanchez pitched a 1-2-3 eighth for the Blue Jays.
Right-hander Roberto Osuna pitched around a single by left fielder Brett Gardner in the ninth to earn his 13th save of the season.
Blue Jays designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a single in the eighth.
NOTES: The 1985 Blue Jays, who won 99 games and the franchise's first American League East championship, were honored in a ceremony before the game. ... Yankees 1B Greg Bird picked up his first major league hit Saturday with an eighth-inning single against RHP LaTroy Hawkins. ... LF Brett Gardner stole second base in the ninth inning Saturday to end a 19-game stretch by the Yankees without a steal, their longest since 1963 when they went 20 games without a steal. ... The Blue Jays have Monday off before opening a two-game series in Philadelphia on Tuesday with RHP R.A. Dickey (7-10, 3.96 ERA) facing Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (3-1, 4.25 ERA). ... The Yankees return home for a three-game series with the Minnesota Twins with LHP CC Sabathia (4-9, 5.23 ERA) starting Monday against Twins RHP Kyle Gibson (8-9, 3.75 ERA).