Jose Molina drilled an RBI single to right-center field in the ninth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 5-4 walk-off win over the visiting New York Yankees on Friday night.
Adam Lind had three hits and three RBIs to help Toronto halt a five-game losing streak to the Yankees, who saw their lead over Boston trimmed to 3 1/2 games in the American League East race. The Red Sox edged Tampa Bay 4-3.
Lind's three-run double off Yankees ace CC Sabathia in the fifth gave the Blue Jays a 4-3 lead, and he started the ninth inning with a double off Boone Logan, his first hit in 12 at-bats against the New York lefthander.
Casey Janssen (5-0) pitched two perfect innings in relief to earn the victory for Toronto.
Molina's hit off Cory Wade hung the loss on Logan (5-3).
Sabathia was denied in his bid to become the second 20-game winner in the majors. He lasted 5 2/3 innings and allowed four runs on 10 hits.
Blue Jays starter Dustin McGowan, a late fill-in for scheduled starter Brett Cecil, gave up three runs in five innings in his second start of the year. Cecil had been scratched after suffering a cut on his left index finger earlier in the week.
NY Yankees | Toronto | |
CC Sabathia | Player | Dustin McGowan |
No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
5.2 | IP | 5.0 |
8 | Strikeouts | 4 |
10 | Hits | 3 |
6.35 | ERA | 5.40 |
NY Yankees | Toronto | |
Robinson Cano | Player | Kelly Johnson |
2 | Hits | 3 |
0 | RBI | 0 |
0 | HR | 0 |
3 | TB | 3 |
.500 | Avg | 1.000 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
NY Yankees | 5 | 1 | 10 | .161 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Toronto | 13 | 0 | 16 | .351 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |