The Toronto Blue Jays continue to find the win column at home. On the heels of sweeping the San Francisco Giants following the return from the All-Star break, the Jays welcomed the New York Yankees for a three-game set and emerged victorious, besting their division rival via a 4-1 score.

Kevin Gausman had one of his best stats of the year, going seven innings and allowing just one earned run, a solo shot to Giancarlo Stanton on a hanging splitter down the middle of the plate.

Gausman struck out eight on the day with two walks, one of which was an intentional free pass to Aaron Judge. Throwing 86 pitches on the night, the right-hander tossed a 70.9% strike rate and generated 12 swings and misses.

The Jays starter was followed by Brendon Little, who walked Trent Grisham to open up the eighth but bounced back by getting Aaron Judge to strike out. Jazz Chisholm Jr. would single to right field to put runners on first and second, making way for Yariel Rodriguez to protect the lead.

The Cuban right-hander was tasked with Stanton coming to the plate and got him to line out to centre field, the second out of the inning. Rodriguez would get Jasson Dominguez to ground out to second base to finish the frame.

Jeff Hoffman would be tabbed with the save opportunity on his Marvel-themed bobblehead night and started the top of the ninth on the right foot, getting Paul Goldschmidt to strike out swinging. Austin Wells suffered the same fate, with Hoffman’s fastball surging under the bright lights of the CN Tower. Ben Rice came in to pinch hit for Anthony Volpe but suffered the same fate, striking out to end the game.

On the mound for the Yankees was left-hander Carlos Rodon, who allowed six hits and five walks while allowing two earned runs across five innings. He struck out four batters.

Rodon was cruising until the bottom of the fifth, when a walk to George Springer and a single by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. put runners on first and second. Bo Bichette would double to left field on a changeup he chased down in the zone, plating both runners to give Toronto a 2-1 lead. The Yankees’ lefty would get two quick outs, but his defence failed him with Myles Straw at the plate.

What should have been a ground ball to third base turned into a throwing error for Oswald Peraza, with Bichette scoring on the play and Straw advancing to second. Another throwing error, this time from Anthony Volpe, kept the inning alive when Leo Jimenez’s groundball was sent to the left side of second base. Straw would score, making it 4-1.

The Jays’ bats would go on to put no more runs on the board following their fourth inning. Collectively, they mustered six hits and six walks on the day. Alejandro Kirk led the way with two knocks while Guerrero, Bichette, Straw, and Loperfido all chipped in as well. Both Guerrero and Jimenez also amassed two walks apiece against the Yankees’ pitching staff, with Davis Schneider and Springer adding one each as well.

Toronto will look to keep its winning ways going against New York tomorrow, with Max Scherzer slated to face right-hander rookie Cam Schlitter, who makes his second start of his MLB career.

With the Jays’ franchise record-setting 11th win in a row at home, the Yankees’ loss, and the Boston Red Sox also losing, Toronto holds a four-game lead on the Bronx Bombers and a 6.0-game lead over Boston.