Mark Teixeira and Jorge Posada each homered and had four hits as the New York Yankees used five home runs to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-5 last night.
Right-hander Dustin Moseley (4-2) held the Blue Jays to nfl throwback jerseys
five hits and two runs over six innings before a crowd of 30,567 at Rogers Centre.
Curtis Granderson hit his 14th with two on, Marcus Thames his fifth with one on and Derek Jeter hit his 10th to go with Teixeira's 28th homer and Posada's 16th of the season.
The teams play the rubber match of the three-game series today. The Blue Jays (65-60) still leading the season series 6-5 with the Yankees (78-48), who entered the game tied with the Tampa Bay Rays for first in the American League East.
Despite some minor tinkering with his pitching mechanics, it was another Colts jersey
short outing for Marc Rzepczynski. The left-hander was pummelled for six runs and eight hits, including three home runs, in three innings.
The Yankees scored once in each of the first two innings. Teixeira chopped a single up the middle in the first to score Nick Swisher, who had doubled.
In the second, Thames led off with a single. He took third when right-fielder Jose Bautista misjudged Posada's fly that went for a single.
Thames was thrown out at home after Rzepczynski fielded a grounder by Austin Kearns. Thames knocked the ball out of catcher John Buck's grasp but missed the plate and Buck recovered to tag him out.
After a walk to Granderson, Eduardo Nunez grounded to second. He avoided the double-play when he beat the throw to first from shortstop Yunel Escobar who had no chance after a slow, soft feed from second baseman Aaron Hill.
No such subtleties helped the Yankees in the third as Teixeira, Cowboys jersey
Thames and Posada homered for four runs. Robinson Cano walked before the homer by Thames.
The Blue Jays didn't have a runner on base until Edwin Encarnacion. The Blue Jays scored once in the fourth but it should have been more. Vernon Wells drove in the run with a single to right.
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