TORONTO - Jose Bautista and J.P. Arencibia each homered and Drew Hutchison scattered five hits over six innings to help the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the New York Yankees 4-1 Thursday night.
The Jays swept the two-game series thanks to the long ball. They homered four times in an 8-1 win Wednesday night, snapping a seven-game losing streak against AL East opposition
Thursday's loss, before 31,266, was the fourth in five games for the Yankees.
Yan Gomes, called up from triple-A Las Vegas, started at third for the Jays to become the first Brazilian-born player to see major league action.
The 24-year-old Gomes, who moved to the U.S. with his family when he was 12, struck out swinging in his first at-bat but singled to centre in the fourth to open his major league account. He also singled in the sixth before giving way to Omar Vizquel in the eighth.
The veteran Vizquel promptly stole the show with a diving grab off a sharp Robinson Cano shot.
The pitching matchup was one of young right-handers in the 21-year-old Hutchinson and 25-year-old Phil Hughes for the Yankees.
Both pitchers struggled at times but managed to survive most of the bumps.
For Hutchison (3-1), it was just his sixth major league start, compared to 79 for Hughes.
The young Jays right-hander limited the Yankees to one run and five hits in his six innings. He walked four and struck out three.
Jason Frasor, Darren Oliver and Casey Janssen, with his third save in as many tries, finished it out for Toronto.
Hughes (3-5) gave up seven hits, striking out five and walking two before exiting in the sixth with one out and two men, trailing 2-1.
Cory Wade took over on the mound, helping put out Ben Francisco at the plate on a Rajai Davis fielder's choice to douse the fire.
The Yankees opened the scoring when Robinson Cano doubled home Curtis Granderson in the first. Granderson walked with one out.
Bautista put the Jays ahead 2-1 in the third when he sent a 3-2 pitch over the left fence, driving in Yunel Escobar who had singled to open the inning.
It was Bautista's fifth homer in his last seven games and 10th overall. Hughes has now given up at least one home run in each of his eight starts this season.
Hutchison seemed to be in trouble in the fourth, walking the first two batters. But a double play and strikeout erased the problem.
He also dug a hole in the fifth, but the Yankees could not take advantage of men on first and second after back-to-back with one out. Bautista helped the defence with a acrobatic diving lunge to snare a sharp line drive from Derek Jeter on the first bounce.
Arencibia increased the lead to 4-1 in the seventh with his fifth homer of the season, knocking in Bautista who got on base with a broken bat single.
