NEW YORK — Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada hit back-to-back homers leading off the eighth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Tuesday night for their eighth victory in nine games.
Matsui hit a 3-2 pitch from Jesse Carlson (1-5) deep to right to tie it at 4 and Posada followed with an opposite-field drive that just got over the glove of leaping right fielder Joe Inglett.
The umpires retreated for a video review after a short discussion with Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston, and the call was upheld. Melky Cabrera and Johnny Damon added RBI singles off Josh Roenicke to extend the lead to 7-4.
New York has hit consecutive homers in three straight games for the first time since 1983 and has gone back-to-back 13 times.
David Robertson (2-1) retired the only batter he faced to get the win and Mariano Rivera allowed Edwin Encarnacion’s first homer with Toronto before finishing for his 33rd save in 34 opportunities. The homer snapped Rivera’s scoreless streak at 22 1/3 innings.
