TORONTO

Banged-up Blue Jays rally past Yankees 8-7 to stop slide

The Associated Press Published Monday, August 27, 2012 11:07PM EDT

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Yorvit Torrealba, second from left, watches New York Yankees' Derek Jeter, center, greet Nick Swisher at home plate after Swisher hit a two-run home run off of Toronto Blue Jays' Aaron Laffey that scored Jeter in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

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NEW YORK -- Colby Rasmus hit a three-run homer off Rafael Soriano with two outs in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of Derek Lowe's wild pickoff throw in the 11th to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 Monday night, snapping a seven-game losing streak.

Moments after Rasmus' stunning drive put Toronto ahead 7-6, Derek Jeter tied it with a home run off Casey Janssen. But the last-place Blue Jays didn't cave, scratching out a run two innings later to stop an eight-game slide at Yankee Stadium.

The loss might have been a costly one in more ways than one for the AL East-leading Yankees. Slugging first baseman Mark Teixeira was pulled with a strained left calf and sent to the hospital for an MRI.