The game stayed locked at 1-1 until the ninth inning, when Paul Goldschmidt's two-run homer gave the Yankees a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBIs, raising his season totals to nine home runs and 31 RBIs while batting .285. The decisive blast in the ninth came with Cody Bellinger aboard, who went 1-for-4 in the game.
Goldschmidt homered to left field, a 400-foot drive that scored Bellinger and broke the deadlock. The Blue Jays had taken an early lead in the third inning when Kazuma Okamoto homered to left, but Jasson Dominguez answered in the fourth with a solo shot to right field that tied the game 1-1.
Louie Varland took the loss for Toronto, allowing two runs on two hits in one inning of work. Fernando Cruz earned the win for New York, pitching a scoreless eighth inning despite walking three batters. David Bednar closed out the ninth with three strikeouts for his 14th save.
The Yankees improved to 41-27 while Toronto fell to 34-36. Kevin Gausman pitched seven strong innings for the Blue Jays, allowing just one run on one hit with seven strikeouts, and sits six innings away from 2,000 career innings pitched.