Kevin Gausman tied a season high by pitching eight innings for his first win in nearly a month, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered as part of a four-hit showing and the Toronto Blue Jays continued their domination of the host New York Yankees with a 7-1 victory on Friday night.
The Blue Jays (82-59) beat the Yankees for the eighth time in 11 meetings this season. Toronto has won seven of the past eight meetings and moved four games ahead of the Yankees (78-63) in the American League East.
Gausman allowed three of his four hits in the final two innings of his fourth eight-inning start this year. The right-hander struck out five, walked one, got nine groundouts and earned his first win since beating Colorado Aug. 6.
Gausman (9-10) gave up Giancarlo Stanton's 448th career homer in the second an